Its goal was to become the most affordable airline in the United States. The company’s strategy focused on serving routes without direct competition from other airlines, akin to Ryanair’s approach in Europe, and on utilizing secondary airports instead of major hubs.
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This aircraft marks a significant milestone as the inaugural Soviet airliner equipped with turbofan engines.
As of 2013, the worldwide 737 fleet had accumulated over 184 million flights and 264 million block hours since its introduction into service.
Without delay, she aimed to pilot the world’s sole supersonic airliner, Concorde, and submitted her candidacy for the six-month conversion course in 1992.
The hijackers, purporting to be members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), demanded the release of Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
FedEx Express (FX) Flight 80, operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F bearing the registration N526FE, encountered adverse weather conditions.
American Airlines (AA), on February 29, 1984, ordered 167 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, marking the largest commercial jetliner order in history at that time.
A significant day for aviation lovers is 28 July On this day in history, a turbine-powered airliner performed the first-ever scheduled commercial flight.
The Sknyliv air show catastrophe happened on Saturday, July 27, 2002, at the Sknyliv airport near Lviv, Ukraine, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 of the Ukrainian Falcons crashed
The supersonic aircraft crashed into a hotel in Gonesse, France, shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 passengers as well as 4 people on the ground.