Sharad Ranabhat DALLAS — The global aviation industry is a complex, yet exciting and challenging ecosystem with airlines vying for dominance in a market driven by passenger comfort, affordability, and extensive route networks. To truly understand an airline’s capacity, a single metric like the number of airplanes wouldn’t be a sufficient metric. This is where
The Process of Launching New Airline Route
BY NOAM ISMAAILI OCTOBER 4, 2023 13 MINUTES READ DALLAS – If you check our routes section, you may have noticed it is common practice for airlines to stop flying to some destinations and to open new routes. Just last month, Air India (AI) made the decision to no longer operate flights to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) at the end of
Maiden Flight of the Boeing 707
DALLAS – 12/20/1957 Today in Aviation, the original 707-120 developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner performed its maiden flight in 1957. Boeing derived the 707-120 from the Boeing 367-80 prototype that flew in 1954. Boeing 707 service started regularly on October 26, 1958, with Pan American World Airways, up until 1979. The long-range narrow-body