Google Cloud scored a big win as German airline Lufthansa has selected the platform to help ease the impacts of flight delays, according to CNBC. Lufthansa plans on migrating its assorted IT systems to Google Cloud, providing much needed uniformity…
Boeing 777x Outclasses Airbus A380 Airplane Design
The Airbus A380, a double-deck four-engine jet, must keep improving its design if it wants to match the Boeing twin-aisle airplane called the 777x, which is scheduled to be used for service within the next decade. Fabrice Bregier, CEO of…
Jamaica Crash Landing Due To Flight Crew Fatigue
On December 22, 2009, an American Airlines Boeing 737-823 plane plowed through Norman Manley International Airport’s perimeter fence and skidded across a roadway. The plane missed the rain-soaked runway and landed on rocks and sand dunes by the Caribbean Sea.…
Maylasian Airline Disappearance: New Evidence
Investigators are still trying to determine what happened to the missing Malaysian airline plane that disappeared over the weekend. On Saturday, searchers spotted what they believe to be oil slicks in the ocean near Tho Chu island. Another search group…
Ethiopian Airlines Co-Pilot Hijacks Flight To Rome
Early Monday morning, Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300 was bound for Rome when it was hijacked by a co-pilot identified as Hailemedehin Abera Tagegn. The hijacker waited for the pilot to take a toilet break then locked himself inside the cockpit.…
Delta New Seats: Airline Says Passengers Will Have More Comfort. Really?
Delta Airlines is expected to spend $770 million over the next 3 years on a major interior overhaul to most of its planes. The airline announced Wednesday that it will install new seats and bigger bins on 225 of its planes within the U.S. Delta…
Airline’s New Strategy Is to Be Nice to Customers
Ryanair is Europe’s largest airline, and is well known for its eccentric and quirky CEO, Michael O’Leary, as well as its rising poor image and rudeness. According to Reuters, the company has promised that it would change its “abrupt culture”…
Delta Adds Pay to Download Content
Delta Airlines is adding pay-to-download content to their ever-growing selection of a la carte services. Passengers can access the airline’s wifi to get TV shows for 99 cents, and movies for $3.99. This content can be ordered without having to…
Google Maps Being Featured On Virgin Flights
The Red Touch-Screen Entertainment Platform Upgrades Include an Open Tab Service, Next Gen Google Maps and the First-Ever Digital In-Flight Shopping Platform. With this latest upgrade, travelers access to a host of new amenities, including next generation, enhanced terrain view Google Maps, an open tab service for the airline’s one-of-a-kind on-demand menu and the first ever seatback in-flight digital shopping platform.