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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]