Christmas Weekend Brings Cancelation Chaos Due To COVID
Christmas weekend has not brought all the festive joy airlines were hoping for. While passengers are flying, carrier’s…
Merry Christmas: 67,000 Flights To Operate On This Festive Day
There are almost 67,000 flights scheduled to operate on Christmas Day, around 47 every minute. Services are at…
Happy Holidays From The Simple Flying Team!
On behalf of the entire Simple Flying team, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of…
What Is Jeppesen: A Look At Boeing’s Flight Planning Subsidiary
Jeppesen is one of the largest companies globally that offers navigational and flight planning software. It was founded…
LOT Polish Airlines Plots New York JFK Return In 2022
LOT Polish Airlines will resume flying between New York’s JFK Airport and its secondary hub in Hungary’s capital,…
Why Was The Concorde Cockpit So Complex?
Concorde was different from other aircraft in many ways. Supersonic ability was, of course, the key, but there…
How Do Aircraft Heads-Up Displays Work?
The cockpits of modern commercial aircraft are technical marvels, full of technological aspects that assist pilots in their…
The Aircraft With The Widest Wing Spans
There is something special about large aircraft that captures the imagination of both avgeeks and the public. Not…
Why Don’t Boeing 747s Board On The Upper Deck?
The Boeing 747 will surely go down in history as one of the most iconic airliner families of…
How The Airbus A380’s Slides Are Able To Inflate In Just 6 Seconds
As the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 had to deal with a fair few design hurdles…
What Does Boeing Mean By Building A Plane In The Metaverse?
Boeing recently announced its goal to design planes in the ‘metaverse,’ raising more than a few eyebrows. What…
How Omicron’s Rapid Spread Could Impact Airline Operations
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus is causing concerns at a busy time of year.…
Don’t Get Comfortable: The World’s Shortest Airbus A380 Routes
First used commercially in October 2007, the A380 has operated multiple short routes in the past 14 years.…
Embraer Electric Aircraft Branch To List On NYSE Amid New Deal
Embraer’s urban air mobility subsidiary, Eve, will list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) next year. The…
The Most Notable New Airline Routes This Week
Welcome to our 19th routes newsletter! This week includes a selection of the routes introduced in the past…
Emirates Reopens 20 Lounges Following Rise In Demand
As travel demand continues to recover, Emirates is bringing back an essential part of the premium experience: lounges.…
64 Years Of Flight: The Boeing 707
On December 20th, 1957, the Boeing 707 took its first flight. It entered into service ten months later,…
The US Remains Vital: Inside The Airbus A220’s Operations
Some 11 airlines have the A220. However, this rises to 14 if Eurowings and SAS (which wet lease…
Sunday Reads: Our Most Notable Stories This Week
Welcome to the 39th iteration of our Sunday reads weekly digest! As the year draws to a close,…
Qatar Airways Ups Bulgarian Connectivity With Sofia Return
Qatar Airways is celebrating yesterday’s return of its non-stop service between Doha and Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.…
Will We See Another Aircraft As Large As The Airbus A380?
Airbus has finished building the Airbus A380, having delivered the last jet of the program yesterday. The aircraft…
Which Airports Could See The Most A380s In 2022?
A year ago, it seemed as though the A380 was yesterday’s news. Fast forward to today, and the…
What Are The World’s Longest Commerical Aircraft?
When standing next to the engineering marvels that are modern-day aircraft, their size becomes much more impressive than…
Cirium Predicts 45,000 More Efficient Aircraft Will Be Delivered By 2040
Air travel may have hit a bump in the road of continuous growth over the past two years.…