American Airlines announced this week that it will begin charging $15 for the first back you check. This marks a distinct change in airline ancillary revenue, and I think this has gone too far. So, in protest, I offer this great parody of the slippery slope American Airlines is leading the industry.
It was a beautiful pre-summer afternoon as we took off from Bangalore for Coimbatore in our Dornier-228. We were required to position at Coimbatore for a routine charter flight.
The weather forecast for the route was seasonal pre-monsoon weather with likely Cumulonimbus buildup during late afternoon. The enroute weather was generally good, except for a large cell visible on the weather radar slightly north of Coimbatore. Our track was fortunately clear and we expected no problems but for the northerly winds, which were pushing the cell slowly towards our destination. However, we expected to be on ground well before the CB could affect our destination.
I have to admit I always wondered what would happen if you landed with the parking brake on. I guess now I know. You’ve got to give the guy some credit for keeping the aircraft under control. I wonder if this is covered under Embraer’s warranty.
There has been a lot of buzz lately about the different ways to depict maps. This presentation shows the beauty of mapping with air traffic. Absolutely fantastic!
This video definitely brought back some memories. The crosswind landing in a transport aircraft is really a beautiful site. Lets see a new 300 hour pilot hired for his low wages do this safely.
After the second collapse of a Q400 landing gear, Bombardier has recommended grounding all Q400's over 10,000 cycles until they can be inspected. This could prove to be devastating for a very promising next-generation turboprop program.
If you follow aviation or travel news, you've probably heard of Skybus; the new low-fare airline operating out of Columbus, OH and offering $10 seats to at least ten passengers on every flight. It's not a low-frills airline; it's a no-frills airline. Modelled after the successful Ryanair in Europe, Skybus offers ultra-low ticket prices, and everything else at a la carte prices. There's no assigned seating, but if you want to board early , it's $10 extra. Want a soda? $2.
This article is a continuation of the part one article "
New Methods to Forecast Passenger Demand. Part 1" We'll pick up right where we left off with the results of the processes suggested in part one.
The successful,
yet tedious, implementation of the neural network to each of the five scenarios
produced varying results. Due to the
tremendous effect September 11, 2001, had on U.S. domestic air travel, the
resultant mean average error was calculated for the entire data population
encompassing the years 2000 through Q3, 2005; however, the year including September
11, 2001 (Q3 2001 - Q2 2002), was extracted to identify how much prediction
error was attributable specifically to that highly unpredictable period. Even though the hypothesis was not fully
supported by the data, this categorization of results should provide further
insight as will be discussed later.
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Video of a Citation overshooting runway into Atlanta Bay in Atlantic City. Footage of the aircraft landing, skidding off the runway, and then floating in the bay with the engines running!
I am sure that a lot of people don’t know that the tiny city-state of Singapore with around 4.5 million residents has more than one Airport. In fact it has several of them. Most visitors to Singapore only know about the one that is called Changi International Airport and is a gateway to this country. Older generation people, who have been to Singapore in the 70’s and 80’s will remember that they used to get in and out of the Country from an Airport called Paya Lebar.
In an era when airlines are losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter, airline managers are continually looking for better ways to increase the efficiency of their operations. Obtaining increases in efficiencies requires an understanding of where resources need to be deployed, in what manner they should be deployed, and at what price. Paramount to understanding these factors is having a way to accurately forecast not only what the market will do in the future, but what will happen if current factors change...
It was a beautiful pre-summer afternoon as we took off from Bangalore for Coimbatore in our Dornier-228. We were required to position at Coimbatore for a routine charter flight.
The weather forecast for the route was seasonal pre-monsoon weather with likely Cumulonimbus buildup during late afternoon. The enroute weather was generally good, except for a large cell visible on the weather radar slightly north of Coimbatore. Our track was fortunately clear and we expected no problems but for the northerly winds, which were pushing the cell slowly towards our destination. However, we expected to be on ground well before the CB could affect our destination.
Time lapse imagery of a Virgin America A320 being painted. 
This article is a continuation of the part one article "
Video of a Citation overshooting runway into Atlanta Bay in Atlantic City. Footage of the aircraft landing, skidding off the runway, and then floating in the bay with the engines running!
I am sure that a lot of people don’t know that the tiny city-state of Singapore with around 4.5 million residents has more than one Airport. In fact it has several of them. Most visitors to Singapore only know about the one that is called Changi International Airport and is a gateway to this country. Older generation people, who have been to Singapore in the 70’s and 80’s will remember that they used to get in and out of the Country from an Airport called Paya Lebar.
In an era when airlines are losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter, airline managers are continually looking for better ways to increase the efficiency of their operations. Obtaining increases in efficiencies requires an understanding of where resources need to be deployed, in what manner they should be deployed, and at what price. Paramount to understanding these factors is having a way to accurately forecast not only what the market will do in the future, but what will happen if current factors change...
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