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FAA warns Boeing 737 Pilots

Posted in Pilots, Planes, tagged , , , , , , on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has “toughened a requirement that Boeing 737 pilots be reminded not to
ignore a cabin pressure warning horn, ordering pre-flight briefings as
well as changes in manuals.” The reasoning for this new “airworthiness directive” is due to the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crash on August 14th 2005 that resulted in 121 deaths.
The directive [...]

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Perfect Wedding!

Posted in Airports, Passengers, tagged , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Perfect wedding for aviation enthusiasts: Getting married in their favorite airplane while the plane is cruising at 30000+ feet.
Two Edmonton-area pilots did the same for their wedding. They met while working for Servisair (ramp handling company at Edmonton international Airport). Michael Griffith and Martha Bull married each other aboard a Boeing 737 (while cruising 32,000 [...]

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Quantas announces cost cutting measures

Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Planes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier last week, Virgin Blue announced cost cutting measures. Friday, Quantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) Airways, largest Australian airline and Australia’s national airline, announced their own measures -

Cut 1,500 jobs by Dec 31 2008 – 20% management and head-office support positions to be slashed
Cancel plans to hire additional 1,200 employees
Cancel a planned 8% [...]

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Virgin Blue: Cost cutting measures announced

Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Travel Woes, tagged , , , , , , , on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Rising gas prices have lead airlines around the world to try every kind of cost cutting measures like capacity reductions and new travel fees. Virgin Blue, Australian low cost airlines and Australia’s second biggest airline, announced today some new cost cutting measures -

Capacity reduction – Removing 2 Boeing 737 from service by October 2008. Also [...]

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Middle East – Where airlines don’t care about saving money!

Posted in Airlines, Airports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

All over the world – in Europe, Asia*, Americas, Africa and Australia, airlines are struggling against rising fuel costs, trying to find opportunities to cut costs and make more money. But there is one region where fuel is not a concern and money is not an issue, the middle east. Airlines in middle east – [...]

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Near Collison over New York’s JFK Airport?

Posted in Airlines, Airports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that it is investigating a near collision that happened over the weekend over New York’s JFK Airport between a Cayman Airways Flight 792 (Boeing 737) and a Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN-Chile) Flight 533 (Boeing 767) that came within 100 feet vertically of each other.
From NTSB website [...]

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Contentinental Jet’s Tires Blow during Houston Landing

Posted in Airlines, Planes, tagged , on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Facts -

Flight Date and Time – March 27th 2008 (landing around 6pm)
Flight – From Oklahoma City to Houston
Airplane – Boeing 737
Damage – 4 tires
Flight Status – Landing at Houston Bust Intercontinental Terminal
Airline – Continental
Passenger Load – 113 passengers (with 5 crew)
More – It was not an emergency landing
Fun – All passengers on the flight got [...]

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