A new aviation-safety study argues that the growing number of older airline passengers could complicate emergency evacuations, especially on smaller single-aisle jets like the Airbus A320. Using 27 simulated evacuation scenarios, the researchers found that both the share of passengers over 60 and where they are seated materially have anContinue Reading
United Airlines’ new Relax Row looks set to become one of the most ambitious and interesting long-haul upsells in the industry because it is designed to sit somewhere between standard economy and premium economy while not really trying to replace either one. Announced initially on March 24, the product itselfContinue Reading
In the global commercial aviation industry, profitability often looks complicated from an external perspective. Fuel prices can swing wildly, labor costs can rise, aircraft are expensive, and demand can change quickly with shifts in the economy. Nonetheless, beneath all of that complexity, there is one simple operating metric that helpsContinue Reading
The Boeing 737 MAX has gone from one of the most scrutinized aircraft programs in modern aviation to one of the most important workhorses of the global commercial narrowbody market. For airlines, it is now a core piece of pretty much every major North American fleet. The jet is anContinue Reading
The headline here is not intended to be deceiving. American Airlines really did, by its own account, send a non-ETOPS-certified Airbus A321 on a long-haul flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Honolulu in August 2015. That makes the core claim hereContinue Reading