by Spyros | Apr 16, 2021 | News
An Alitalia Airbus A320 aborted its take-off at low speed, after it experienced a tail strike. But how is a low-speed tail strike even possible? This Alitalia A320 tail strike incident is unusual, but not unique. Also, it isn’t new. It occurred on the 17 th of August...
by Spyros | Jan 2, 2021 | News
JetBlue ended 2020 by taking delivery of its first Airbus A220-300. The airline will replace its Embraer E190s with the A220. But… it will probably do a little bit more than that. That’s because the interesting thing about JetBlue is the aircraft that they are...
by Spyros | Nov 24, 2020 | News
Less than a week after the FAA ungrounded the aircraft, Alaska Airlines becomes the first carrier to add more MAX aircraft to its fleet. The move adds a lot of confidence in the troubled jet, but no new sales for Boeing. The airline has agreed to lease 13 new MAX-9...
by Spyros | Oct 24, 2020 | News
Like everyone else in aviation (and beyond), Airbus has had to hunker down during the pandemic. The manufacturer has had to cut down their production output, and recently received criticism for announcing 15,000 job cuts – a move perhaps not surprising, given similar...
