Kim Clark, Author at Avgeekery.com

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Commercial News

American Airlines Fuels Rumors of Capacity Constraint as 737s Are Tagged for the Boneyard

American Airlines is overhauling its fleet but doesn’t want to add too much capacity. The Fort Worth based airline has plans to retire 45 Boeing 737s over the next two…

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Commercial News

Hawaiian Airlines Dumps Airbus A330neo Order, Buys 787-9 Dreamliners Instead

Hawaiian Airlines is on the rise, expanding routes at an accelerating rate. To accommodate its growth, the carrier has agreed to purchase ten 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing. The 787 Dreamliner…

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Employee Frustration Causes United CEO to Rethink Lottery Bonus Program

In the United Airlines’ corporate offices on West Wacker Drive in Chicago, President and CEO Scott Kirby says he is “pressing the pause button” on a recently introduced lottery bonus…

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Military

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Arrested for Blasting Sound of F-35 From Giant Speakers in Protest

Burlington, Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s is well-known for Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake Truffle and Cherry Garcia ice cream, among other awesome flavors. The popular ice cream company founders are also known…

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Commercial News

BREAKING United 777 Suffers Engine Failure Over Pacific, Lands Safely In Hawaii

Passengers flew into a panic as they watched an engine cowling fly off in the middle of a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu today, about 40 minutes before it…

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Engine Issues Prompt Airbus to Temporarily Halt P&W A320NEO Deliveries

Airbus has temporarily halted Pratt and Whitney-powered A320neo due to issues. IndiGo Airlines, one of the first customers for the revised jet has been one of the airlines affected by…

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Military

BREAKING: USAF To Replace B-1 and B-2 Fleet As New B-21 Stealth Bombers Are Delivered

The Air Force says it will retire the B-1 and B-2 more than a decade earlier than planned, paving the way for the new B-21 stealth bomber. A roadmap for…

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Commercial News

Boeing Reaches Another Milestone Today with the Roll-Out of the First 737 MAX 7

Today, February 5, Boeing reaches a milestone with the official roll-out of the 737 MAX 7. The 737 MAX series of planes are the fasting selling in Boeing’s history. The…

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American Considers Dropping Order for A350s in Favor of A330NEOs or B787-9s

American Airlines is apparently still deciding whether it will still take its order of twenty two A350-900s scheduled for 2020 or drop it completely in favor of A330-900s or B787-9s.…

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Commercial News

JetBlue Stock Struggles After Earnings Report. Management Remains Bullish

Shares of JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) have declined 7% since last week’s Q4 2017 earnings release. The low-cost carrier announced a 2.2 percentage point decline in pre-tax margin and EPS…

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When Soviet Aeroflot Pilot Tried To Land Blind To Win A Bet And Killed 70 People

There are a few cases in which pilot error is the sole reason for a fatal plane crash. One such example is Russian Aeroflot Flight 6502 which ended in a…

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Commercial News

Virgin America Going Away But Maybe A Bit Of Their Style Will Remain at Alaska

The integration of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America is underway. Alaska’s recent acquisition of Virgin America created the fifth largest domestic airline. Now the Alaska Airlines brand is getting refreshed…