Interview: Turkish Airlines Chairman Dr. Ahmet Bolat
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat describes how a truly global airline continues to recover amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Interview: FedEx VP Details Expanded Miami Facility
- by Brent Foster
- January 26, 2022
- 10 minutes read
DALLAS – FedEx Express (FX) recently completed a major expansion of its air cargo hub at Miami International Airport (MIA), positioning Miami to play a greater role in the global FX network. In an exclusive interview with Airways, Vice President of Operations for the FX Latin America and Caribbean Division Basil Khalil discussed the enhanced […]
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Miami International Airport: An Airside Tour (+Photos)
- by Brent Foster
- June 19, 2021
- 3 minutes read
MIAMI – Miami International Airport (MIA), perhaps one of the most unique airports in the U.S., recently gave Airways access to an airside tour. The morning tour, designed for local photographers and camera crews to update their MIA footage, encompassed nearly the entire airport. A bus provided transport from the southeast side of the airport […]
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Southwest Airlines Inaugurates Miami Service (+Photos)
- by Brent Foster
- November 16, 2020
- 3 minutes read
MIAMI – Southwest Airlines (WN) today inaugurated a much-anticipated service out of Miami International Airport (MIA) with Airways highlighting the new touchdown in South Florida. The service, running 12 daily flights to Houston William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI), and Tampa International Airport (TPA) actually began […]
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Musings on the 737 MAX
- by Bernie Leighton
- April 11, 2019
- 6 minutes read
Repeal and Replace? Consumer activist and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader lost a grand niece in the Ethiopian Airlines, so naturally he is close to the issue. He came out with a rather extreme claim that the 737MAX as it stands needs to be treated as a faulty product and, in his words “recalled.” Centring […]
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Op-Ed from former WOW Boardmember and Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza
- by Airways
- April 1, 2019
- 4 minutes read
Article Written by Ben Baldanza I served on the Board of Directors of WOW Air from early 2016 until August 2018. During that time, I learned what a dedicated, smart and energetic guy Skuli Mogensen is, and how interesting the WOW business model was. Iceland’s interesting geography gave WOW a real advantage that initially worked well. […]
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Op-Ed: Is the Boeing 777X Too Big?
- by Bernie Leighton
- March 15, 2019
- 5 minutes read
It’s not, but people have asked. How big is too big? Many analysts are of the opinion that the “sweet-spot” of the market for widebody airliners is approximately the size of the 777-200/ER to 777-300/ER and not a seat bigger. They argue that the A380 was a failure (which it wasn’t), the 747-8I was a […]
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The Valiant Leader: Remembering Southwest’s Jim Parker…
- by Airways
- January 28, 2019
- 3 minutes read
LONDON – Earlier this month, we had the loss of Southwest Airlines’ Co-Founder and ex-CEO Herb Kelleher. It seems that tragedy has struck for the second time in the space of a month with the passing of previous CEO James “Jim” Parker. According to Southwest, Parker had died unexpectedly on Jan 26 after dinner “with […]