MD8x aircrafts were the last batch of aircrafts using PW JT8D of 1950's design, with low bypass ratio, hence high fuel consumption & high noise level. Susprisingly some DC8 were changed to more advanced, high bypass CFM56 engines in 1980's. So a question is risen: Why PW JT8D of backward design, low bypass ratio, hence high fuel consumption ...

Today I would like to introduce a very good website on passengers' opinion on airlines: epinions.com (www.epinions.com) Its Airline section contains many passengers' opinion on the airlines, with most of them being unbiased & factual. Midwest Express, which features full business class cabin & no middle seats, is the only airlines having ...

The USA domestic air transport is deregulated, so people can enjoy the lowest air fare in the World. There are also low cost airlines like Westjet flying Canada domestic routes. But there are still no low cost airlines serving USA - Canada routes (America West is not a true low cost airline), so passengers have to pay high fare on travelling ...

USA is the strongest & most important state in the world, so almost every intercontinental airline operates flights to USA, including the airlines from small, remote states like Air Tahiti Nui. So I would like to discuss if there are any intercontinental airlines having no flights to USA. I just thinked of Cubana & Air Mauritus. Please ...

This is the 1st Airline focus of the forum, and the focus airline is TAM of Brazil (www.tam.com.br) TAM of Brazil started its business in 1976, and was a 3rd level airline until early 2000, and did not have international routes before 2000. It undergone a great change since 1998, when A330 are delivered & international routes, like routes to ...

It is known that most airlines in the world disallows passengers to drink alcoholic drinks brought by them on board, and they can only drink alocholic drinks served by flight attendants. This is to prevent passengers drinking excessive alcoholic drinks & then makes some action dangerous to passengers. But Royal Brunei Airline is very unique. ...

It is the best time to discuss Mainland China Civil Aviation, as Cathay Pacific is deciding to operate routes between Hong Kong & Mainland China destinations, which Dragonair has monopoly on such routes, while the Chinese Government is going to merge all airlines splitted from former CAAC into 3 airlines, Air China, China Southern & China ...

Boeing B737-200QC is the only narrowbody aircraft that can be changed from full passenger configuration to full cargo configuraion in 1 hour, so it is very popular for operators of remote regions, like Aloha Airlines of Hawaii & Alaska Airlines, as these airlines have to transport cargo to the remote places without any other means of transport ...

Most regional aircraft makers provide only one engine option for their aircrafts, like Rolls Royce for BAe Jetstream 146, Embraer Jets, Fokker Jets, GE for Canadair CRJ. The same also goes for most mainline single aisles, like Boeing B737 (only PW JT8D on B737-100/-200, DC-9, MD80 series, V2500 on MD90, CFM56 on B737 2nd generation & ...

Boeing B757 is an aircraft developed in 1980's to replace fuel inefficient, noisy B727 trijet, and is the largest single aisle in the world. Because of this, both Pratt Whitney & Rolls Royce have to develop engines of 35000-43000lb thrust, PW2000 & RB211-535 respectively for the aircraft. B757 has excellent take off performance, thus very