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BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Palmeri & Epstein |
Fear & Loathing At The Airport Long lines, late flights, near collisions - everyone is unhappy with the state of the U.S. air travel system. Unfortunately, no one, especially not the FAA, seems able to do anything about it   |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
Amy Gunderson |
Arriving On A Jet Plane Plans for sharing private jets aren't cheap, but carriers are offering more options. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Thomas Hayden |
10 Ways to Fix Air Travel Flying may be incredibly safe, but it's also unreliable, inefficient and stressful. Here's how to make the experience aloft easier on us and the planet. |
Wired
June 2001
Warren Berger |
Hey, You're Worth It (Even Now) But can you afford it? NetJets runs the ultimate on-the-fly network on the premise that time is still the most valuable asset of all... |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
David Noland |
Mini-Jet Revolution, or Dot-Com with Wings? The Adam A700 is just one of a new breed of small, powerful and easy to fly civilian jet planes called Very Light Jets (VLJs). |
Fast Company
November 2003
Scott Kirsner |
Some Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines They won't end up in every garage, but a new generation of low-cost "personal" jets could really take off. Tiny Adam Aircraft is racing to be first on the runway. |
Wired
Andrew Blum |
Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, most traveling to and from the metropolitan area's three busiest airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007 |
Readers' Runway Rage The response to a story on the demise of efficient and civilized air travel was voluminous and vehement. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Ilana Polyak |
High Net Worth: The Jet Set A look at your options for private jet travel: buying a plane, fractional ownership, or chartering a flight. |
Inc.
November 2003
Robert X. Cringely |
Flight Club Forget the company car. Getting around is faster -- and less expensive than you may think -- in a private plane. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
National Defense
July 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Traffic Technology Drive Stalled by Colliding Agendas Burgeoning growth in commercial aviation and the increasing pressure on air traffic control is spurring debate on whether U.S. air travel can remain safe and secure. |
Wired
July 2002
Scott Kirsner |
Citizen Plane One of the pioneers of personal computing has a plan to reinvent aviation. Now if he can just get the future of flying off the ground. |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008
Barbara S. Peterson |
McCain and Palin Chart Separate Course From Obama on Aviation From jump starting an air traffic control bill to dealing with job cuts due to higher fuel costs, experts break down how Obama and McCain would try to modernize the FAA and get families home for the holidays on time. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Steve Rothwell |
Avoiding the Hell That Is Heathrow Faraway airfields tout their lack of crowds and easier transit options |
Popular Mechanics
August 27, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
15 Brilliant, Bad and Downright Strange Plans to Save Airlines Possible ideas to make plane trips more profitable and efficient. |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Popular Mechanics
November 21, 2007 |
Inside the FAA's Plan for Cellphones to Fix Holiday Air Travel The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded a contract to ITT Corporation to lay the groundwork for NextGen, an overhaul of the country's overloaded air traffic control system from aging radar towers to GPS. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Julie Moline |
Fly the Private Skies Using a private jet is more affordable than you might think. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski The Icon A5, designed to thrill and a breeze to fly. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Greg Lindsay |
Honeywell's GPS-based Landing Tech Could Save Airlines Billions The first salvo against interminable flight delays is Honeywell's new GPS-based landing technology. It could also save billions for the airlines. |
Entrepreneur
December 2003
April Y. Pennington |
George Antoniadis The founder of Alpha Flying Inc. in Manchester, New Hampshire, talks about his business of selling fractional shares of plane ownership. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Embraer Thinks Small The Brazilian aerospace company is making a foray into tiny jets. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
Barbara S. Peterson |
Jumbo Trouble The Airbus A380 was supposed to be the future of aviation. Will it ever get off the ground? |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Kerry Capell |
Business Class At Bargain Prices Silverjet and other fledglings aim to steal corporate travelers from the majors. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
John Hughes |
Stuck on the Tarmac: Satellite Navigation The FAA may soon ask outside companies to help speed up adoption of a next-generation satellite navigation system. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Adam Aston |
Untangling The Traffic Jam In The Air The technology already exists to make flying simpler, safer, and more efficient. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
P. Smith |
Crash culture Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky? |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 31, 2011
Julia Hanna |
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays Airlines and the FAA don't like flight delays any more than passengers, but what's to be done? Researchers propose a "fairness" system that could save travelers time and service providers millions of dollars annually. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Dan Koeppel |
The Planespotters: Meet the Geeks Who Stalk America's Airports At any given time, at almost any airport in the world, you can find a small group of strangers intently observing and rapidly photographing the comings and goings at airports. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Flight Delayed Again? The Hub's the Rub New research shows that most of the delays due to air-traffic congestion are evidence of trade-offs made by an air travel system in which passengers get something in return for congestion -- more frequent service to a greater number of destinations... |
Wired
March 2003
John Galvin |
Always a Dull Moment The Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (Vatsim), provides simulated control of an airliner or control tower in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that is as boring as the real thing. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Jonathan Wheatley |
Brazil's Embraer Hits The Stratosphere Its new class of planes are a big hit with companies from US Airways to Alitalia |
Popular Mechanics
February 17, 2010
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Airports Locations around the world with less than ideal conditions for landing a plane. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009
Mehul Srivastava |
India's Jet Setters Now Prefer Coach Airlines, struggling with overcapacity, are cutting posh meals and taking out business-class seats |
Salon.com
January 13, 2003
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can we stop bombs in our baggage? And, how do pilots amuse themselves at 30,000 feet? |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
Foust & Ramachandran |
Small Airports Drop Off Carriers' Radar Airlines are slashing service to second-tier cities, but startups may pick up the slack. |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Holmes & Matlack |
Boeing Roars Ahead In December three major Asia-Pacific carriers are expected to place orders for more than 100 widebody jets worth an estimated $16.8 billion. And by the looks of things, Boeing Co. looks poised to supply most of the planes. |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003
Alan Cohen |
Checking the Flight Line RLM Software has an eclectic group of customers: airlines, airports, rental car companies, travel sites, and neurotic mothers. Indeed, anyone who has ever tracked an aircraft online -- checking its mile-by-mile journey from departure to arrival -- has probably used the company's technology. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Who Loses When Execs Ditch Their Jets? As troubled corporations try to unload their fleets to stem the public relations headaches, the wreckage may lead to the discovery of still another crash: the manufacturers of business jets themselves. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Superjumbo Plane Takes Flight Airbus' colossal A380 surpasses Boeing's 747 as the biggest plane. While demand for the plane might be high, airlines are cash-strapped, particularly those in the U.S., which have not ordered any of the planes. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Kripalani et al. |
Dogfight Over India Airbus and Boeing are going all out to win billions in plane orders from India's booming airlines. Even startups are being taken far more seriously these days. |
