Why You Can’t Board a Boeing 747’s Upper Deck Directly
I've flown on a Boeing 747 multiple times, from Philippine Airlines to Lufthansa. If there's one thing I've noticed during boarding, it's that no one boards the upper deck directly…
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Cebu Pacific Plans Major Aircraft Purchase of 100 to 150 Jets
Cebu Pacific is in talks to make a massive aircraft purchase that could be worth up to $12 billion. The airline is considering buying 100-150 narrow-body planes from either Boeing…
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Korean Air Boosts Winter Flights and Adds New Destinations
Korean Air is gearing up for the winter travel season with a bunch of new flights and increased services. The airline is not only resuming flights to China and Japan…
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Boeing, NASA, and United Team Up for Greener Skies
Boeing is joining forces with NASA and United Airlines to dig deep into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). They're not just talking about it; they're doing in-flight tests to see how…
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The Smallest Original Airbus is the A318 ‘Baby Bus’
There's this little Airbus plane that we call the "baby bus." It's none other than the Airbus A318. It's even smaller than the A220-100 but holds the same capacity. It's…
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How Airlines Choose Their Routes and Destinations
We all want Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and AirAsia Philippines to fly to certain destinations. For example, we wish PAL would fly to Chicago, Rome, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. There are…
The S-Duct Intake of the Lockheed Tristar and Boeing 727
Many of you might get the impression that the third engine of the Lockheed L1011 and the Boeing 727 is actually located on top of the fuselage, similar to that…
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This Weird Looking Plane Actually Flew – the Kalinin K-7
There were quite a number of weird-looking planes way back. To name a few, there's the Grumman X-29, which had a forward-swept wing, the Hughes H-4 "Spruce Goose," which was…
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The Chances of Boeing Increasing its Presence in the Philippines
Boeing used to be a dominant force in the Philippines from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. Philippine Airlines operated the 747-400, 747-200, 737-400, and 737-300. Other airlines like Cebu Pacific,…
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United Airlines Takes the Lead with Larger Planes
United Airlines has a straightforward solution to the challenges facing U.S. carriers: go big or go home. The Chicago-based airline announced on Tuesday that it's ordering 110 new aircraft from…