Delta deepens LAX investment with new service to Hong Kong and Chicago

Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-941 N411DX (msn 1991) (Team USA) SEA (Michael B. Ing). Image: 959973. Launching service to Hong Kong and Chicago from LAX underscore Delta’s continued investment in LAX as... Read more »

Rules of engagement – Airport World

Infrastructure Engineering Inc.’s David Robbins provides his thoughts on how early alignment and relationship building can transform aviation infrastructure projects in the United States. Airports at major airports, project delays and cost... Read more »

This Helicopter Test Pilot Pushed the Limits for Rotorcraft — Without Killing Himself

Jean Boulet’s first helicopter flight was almost his last. It was September 21, 1947, and the 26-year-old Boulet was at the Camden, New Jersey, headquarters of Helicopter Air Transport, the world’s first... Read more »

Gulf Air Will Begin New York JFK Flights In October With The Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Gulf Air has confirmed that it’ll begin flying from Bahrain to New York JFK. This long-awaited route will take off on October 1, 2025, with JFK’s Terminal One to be used. The... Read more »

The Most Notable New Airline Routes This Week

Welcome to my 175th weekly routes article! It includes six mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between July 8 and 14. While dozens of routes worldwide started in the examined... Read more »

Potential hike in air travel tax concerns ACI World – Airport World

ACI World has expressed serious concerns regarding the decision by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Antigua & Barbuda to launch a coalition ahead of COP30 focused on introducing... Read more »

Pan Am Across the Atlantic

Yankee Clipper arriving at Southampton, England after survey flight across the Atlantic in April, 1939. Eyes on the Atlantic Pan American had its eyes on the Atlantic market almost from the beginning... Read more »

Fuel Switch Locking Bulletin Explained

This special edition of Ask the Captain addresses the #1 question surrounding the Air India 171 crash: the 2018 FAA Safety Bulletin. We provide a detailed breakdown of this bulletin (SAIB NM-18-33)... Read more »

Alpaca your bags for Peru: Delta launches first-ever SLC–Lima flight

Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-324 ER WL N394DL (msn 27394) SBD (Michael B. Ing). Image: 963954. Delta announces first-ever nonstop service from Salt Lake City to Lima, connecting the Mountain West to... Read more »

The Last Plane In America With An Analog Cockpit

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered commercial service with Swissair in October 1980, and became a mainstay of short-haul aviation across... Read more »