Questions tagged [airlines]
Companies or organizations that transport passengers and/or cargo by air.
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How are Airlines like WizzAir able to fly between Saudia and Italy
As stated in the title I'm looking to understand how an airline like WizzAir Malta can fly between Milan, Rome, and Vienna from Riyadh. Their AOC is from Malta, and the EU has no open skies agreement ...
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Why don't flight attendants wear pants instead of skirts?
After watching this video and noticing these Super Jet Airline flight attendants are wearing pants, I asked myself why not all airlines have their flight attendants wear pants instead of dress/skirts ...
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The evolution of airline safety videos - is it going in the wrong direction? [closed]
When the very first airline safety videos were introduced, they were very straight-forward, explaining the features of the aircraft without any extra drama / cultural element infused in them.
Over the ...
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How valuable is CFI hours outside USA?
CFI serves as an excellent pathway to the airline industry. However, if I don't have the necessary paperwork to remain in the US and work, how does accumulating 1500 hours in single-engine aircraft ...
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Do airlines need to get approval from manufacturers for procedure deviations?
This question (Why do airlines use their own procedures instead of manufacturers'?) about different procedures with different airlines prompted a followup question from me. Where deviations occur ...
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Historical Number of Aircraft in Service (by Airline)
I am looking for historical data on the number of commercial passenger aircraft in service, ideally with additional information on the associated airline.
My search so far has turned up one scientific ...
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Advice on establishing a solid career
1.Do you feel that students who does not have the opportunity to attend the popular schools can be at a disadvantage when applying for jobs at the airlines?
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My Thing is I would love to go to a ...
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Why can some aircraft not fly near the north pole?
The Adiru on the Airbus 320 has an limit like 84°N latitude. What happens if the plane is flown above that latitude?
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Remotely controlled civilian passenger jets [closed]
Remotely controlled aircraft have existed since at least the first "world war" (eg, The Aerial Target), so any sensible review would suggest that all civilian passenger fleets would have ...
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What happens when you put significant weight on the tail of a commercial airplane?
I'm curious what happens if you put some extra weight in the back of the airplane (let's say a small GE turbine or something). I'm new to Stability and Control side of things and curious how the new ...
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Where would you smell the extensive use of cigarettes in the cockpit of an A321? [closed]
Last night I flew on a A321 and midway during the 2.5hrs flight I went to the rear right toilet. It strongly smelt like hefty cigarette smell, but not like anybody would have smoked in there. I had ...
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What are Market Share, Market Size & yield in aviation network planning? [closed]
I came across the terms Market share, size & yield in aviation network planning. I don't really know what that means, anyone can provide me with a simplified explanation or maybe a reference where ...
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Have airlines average fleet age been shrinking?
I had read somewhere that nowadays Average age of Airlines is shrinking. I do not know how much of that is true. I did see this -
https://simpleflying.com/airlines-youngest-fleets/
On the other hand, ...
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How does an airline respond to the loss of one of its aircraft in a hostile country?
I was wondering if the steps are the same as an accident on home ground where there is a go team and how they set up the area around the crash site, with a team contacting passegner relatives.
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Why hasn’t SpiceJet painted their own logo on their newly acquired aircraft?
So I’m referring to the airline company SpiceJet here. They have acquired old airplanes of the company that has now gone under, Jet Airways.
The above plane is clearly an old Jet-Lite plane that ...
