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Aloha Airlines, a staple in Hawaiian travel for over 50 years, will cease passenger operations March 31st, 2008.
Crankyflier has more information on this sad day.
Aloha is famous for an incident in which the roof ripped off a 737 causing the loss of life of one flight attendant, who was not buckled up. Everyone else survived.
Written by tb_neg on March 31st, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Poorly executed planning at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 has left many travelers in misery as over 15,000 pieces of luggage pile up due to a multitude of factors:
Written by tb_neg on March 31st, 2008 with 2 comments.
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American Airlines has canceled hundreds of flights as it inspects its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft. The MD-80, a very distinct aircraft by virtue of its rear mounted engines and T-tail is the workhouse of the American fleet, comprising nearly half of the fleet (300 out of 655 aircraft).
Meanwhile, Boeing 737 aircraft are being inspected for a separate issue for older models, comprising of a bolt problem that may have caused the fire of the China Airlines 737 in Japan.
Written by tb_neg on March 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has initiated action to collect a $10.2 million civil penalty from Southwest Airlines for operating 46 airplanes without performing mandatory inspections for fuselage fatigue cracking. Subsequently, the airline found that six of the 46 airplanes had fatigue cracks.
While Southwest has a great safety record, it is somewhat sad that even the possibility of not properly taking care of safety issues still happens in this era of excellent flight safety. If the fine is a done deal and Southwest was possibly negligent, this will cost them a lot more than $10 million in fines.
Other articles on the matter:
WSJ, Business Week, Airliners.net Post, CNN Money, WFAA w/ Video.
Written by tb_neg on March 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Be sure to watch this incredible video of a Lufthansa A320 attempting to land in a strong cross wind on March 1st. Fortunately, there were no injuries and the plane is back in service.
Written by tb_neg on March 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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