A380 to Make First Visit to North AmericaFebruary 06 2006
Airplane fans take note: The super-jumbo A380 will make its first trip to North America today—right in your backyard! As long as your backyard is in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in northern Canada. The aircraft will undergo cold weather testing in temperatures as low as 40 degrees below zero.
Take a Helicopter from New York City to JFK AirportFebruary 06 2006
The cost of traveling to and around New York City is not exactly logical: a bus to Boston can cost $10, a cab to Newark will cost you about $60, which is the same as a one-way flight to Fort Lauderdale. So perhaps I shouldn’t find it wildly expensive that a new service is charging $139 each way to take you by helicopter from Wall Street to JFK Airport. The 8 minute (!) trip will be offered hourly beginning March 13th.
Boeing to Create Long-Range 737February 01 2006
If you don’t care about aircraft, you can skip this one:
Boeing announced that it will create a long range version of the 737-700 after ANA expressed interest in the plane. The new plane, which will combine the 737-700 fuselage with the wings and landing gear of a 737-800, will be capable of flying 5,500 nautical miles, more than 2,000 miles farther than the current 737-700. As the 737 was originally designed as a short-to-medium haul airplane, this should be delightfully uncomfortable for passengers who may some day fly from New York to Honolulu on one of these guys.
JetBlue: New Aircraft Rollout Not So SmoothJanuary 30 2006
David Neeleman, JetBlue’s CEO, said recently that the rollout of its new Embraer 190 jets has not gone as smoothly as he had hoped. The aircraft have experienced greater delays than expected, due partly to technical issues with the planes and partly to what Neeleman says are problems "of their own doing." (that’s sorta awkward as I re-read that—he meant that there were aircraft-specific issues and JetBlue-specific issues. I want to be as clear as possible, lest Oprah bring me on her show and yell at me).
He concluded saying that the launch of the 190 "hasn’t been up to what we thought we could do."
She’s a Little Runway ay ay ayJanuary 24 2006
Bon Jovi’s chartered 707 skidded off the runway after it landed in Hamilton, Ontario, early Sunday morning with the band on board. Nobody in the band was hurt, but their music still sucks (yes, I stole that from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog).
Newspapers everywhere rejoiced when they learned that a wet runway may have contributed, allowing them to use the headline "Slippery When Wet" with the story. Har.
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