Women are still rare in cockpits
The stereotype of the airline pilot, necessarily a man, sometimes a hero, has a hard life: in the cockpits the women remain rare, a situation all the more crying as the shortage of pilots threatens. Only 3% of commercial pilots worldwide are...
READING TIME: 4 minWelcome to the Air & Water show
Since 1959, the Chicago Air and Water Show, the largest free show in the United States, has become an annual summer tradition on the shores of Lake Michigan. Every year, more than 2.2 million people gather to admire aircraft pirouettes (Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Force Thunderbirds), controlled parachute jumps,...
READING TIME: 1 minSouth Africa : opening of the sky and take-off of tourism
Since Israel'opened up' its skies to airline competition, the volume of flights has been steadily increasing and prices have been falling, much to the delight of passengers. Why not copy this good recipe in South Africa ? In his article, Chris Hattingh observes with envy the Israeli example of Open Sky...
READING TIME: 4 minBeluga XL, the new whale of the sky
A smiling whale-shaped fuselage, the Beluga XL, the new cargo plane of the Airbus family, took to the air Thursday morning in Blagnac (France) for its first test flight. The take-off of the aircraft triggered a thunderous applause in an audience of more than 10,000 people, mainly employees and subcontractors...
READING TIME: 3 minLevel takes off from Vienna (Austria)
The first LEVEL flight from Vienna leaves today at 16.20 for London Gatwick. The inaugural flight of IAG’s long-haul...
Space tourism : the first scheduled flights ?
Two private space tourism companies say they are only a few months away from their first space flights with...
Korean Air launches cargo flights to Delhi
Korean Air will launch cargo flights between Incheon and Delhi, the business and commercial hub of northern India, from...
Ethiopia targets summits
Ethiopian Airlines announced yesterday that it will operate the first passenger flight in 20 years between Addis Ababa and...
Airline profitability: a question of size?
The strategy that most air carriers have adopted is to grow, so much and more, either by internal growth,...
Cathay brings Hong Kong even closer to Paris
Hung Kong airline Cathay Pacific yesterday announced the launch of an additional seasonal frequency between Paris and Hong Kong...
