China Eastern Airlines marked a significant milestone as it successfully launched its first passenger flight with the COMAC C919 aircraft, China’s first domestically produced larger passenger jet. The news comes five months after the Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC delivered its first passenger C919 to China Eastern, the type’s launch customer. Historical flight China Eastern commemorated … Read more
Transreport is expanding a smartphone app in Passenger Assistance to help provide accessibility beyond Britain’s railways to commercial aviation. The Passenger Assistance app is available on both Apple App Store and Google Play, so both Apple and Android smartphones can download the app to improve the passenger experience. How does Passenger Assistance work? Passenger Assistance, … Read more
Artificial intelligence company Elemental Cognition and oneworld Alliance announced this week that they have completed initial testing of a new jointly-developed, AI-driven booking tool. The new tool is aimed towards helping customers plan and book “Round the World” (RTW) tickets onboard oneworld Alliance’s member airlines. Round The World tickets RTW tickets are multi-destination flight packages … Read more
A very happy Sunday to one and all, and welcome to Simple Flying’s final weekly digest for the month of May 2023. the past seven days have seen a hugely diverse range of aviation stories, so let’s look back at some of the most notable. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster Is Now St Helena Airport’s Biggest … Read more
Before discussing the five McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, operated by Air France, let’s look at the aircraft and see how it came to be. In 1965 the United States Air Force was looking for a new heavy transport aircraft. The Douglas Aircraft Company bid was not selected, but it did make the plane maker consider building … Read more
