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Just over one month ago, Connect Airlines received its United States certification to operate flights in the U.S. Today, Connect operated its first proving flight from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ). Read More Here: A Key Milestone: Connect Airlines Operates Philadelphia-Toronto Proving Flight | SimpleFlying.com via Flight Booking 247 […]

Airline Partners Boeing(APB) has announced that Delta Air Lines has ordered Split Scimitar Winglets. Delta Air Lines intends to outfit its fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft with these new winglets. It has also ordered winglets for a handful of its younger 737-900ER aircraft. The order is one of many that Delta has placed with APB

On Tuesday, ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines announced it will launch five new international routes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). These new routes will be inaugurated between November and December 2022 and cover several destinations in Central America and the Caribbean. Read More Here: Foreign Boom: Frontier To Launch Five New International Routes From Atlanta

Concorde is an aircraft that captures the imagination and is instantly recognizable even to non-aviation fanatics. The first commercial passenger airline capable of supersonic speed, it was capable of flying you to your destination before you had departed. Only 20 airframes were ever constructed, and only 14 of those were in commercial operation. Could we

Having first flown in December 1985, the Dutch-built Fokker 50 turboprop is becoming an increasingly old and rare aircraft type. In fact, in its home continent of Europe, only one airline still has active examples of the type at its disposal today, namely Swedish carrier Amapola Flyg. Let's take a closer look this airline's fleet.

The Mexican carrier Calafia Airlines (A7) could be on the brink of collapse. On Monday, the local government released a statement communicating that all State entities to abstain from accepting commercial proposals with the airline for the next six months. It also issued a fine on the carrier. Read More Here: Mexican Government Suspends Commercial

Red-eye flights are those that depart at night and arrive at their destination in the morning. Passengers traveling on these flights will typically suffer from fatigue caused by the lack of sleep, which can causes passengers' eyes to turn red. Let's look at why these exist, and what the pros and cons of taking such

As a symbolic gesture to highlight the strengthening cooperation between Algeria and Qatar, the Algerian national carrier Air Algérie has announced the launch of its new direct route between Algiers and Doha. Opening this route further facilitates economic and commercial cooperation between Algeria and Qatar, and the new route marks the 45th international destination for

Unsurprisingly the tail is a vital part of the aircraft structure! The structures and control surfaces of the tail provide stability, and control of yaw and pitch. Any damage to these structures can be fatal, as several past incidents have shown. Read More Here: How Badly Can Tail Damage Impact An Aircraft’s Safety? | SimpleFlying.com

The International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced it will convert the €100 million loan it gave to Globalia to a 20% share stake at Air Europa. Acquiring this share will only be possible by also keeping Air Europa and Iberia –a key member of IAG and Spain’s main carrier– independent of each other. Read More