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2 days ago | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft make up a significant percentage of the narrowbody commercial aircraft share in Canada. Air Canada operates a fleet of around 213 mainline aircraft, of which around 46 are MAX 8s. WestJet is Canada's second-largest airline and has a fleet of 138 aircraft, of which 49 are MAX 8s. WestJet has an all-Boeing 737 family narrowbody fleet with 131 Boeing 737s in total. Sunwing Airlines is currently being absorbed by WestJet, and it has six MAX 8s.
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4 days ago | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
Aer Lingus is the national airline of the Republic of Ireland and has been operating since 1936, placing it among the world's older carriers. Today, the airline operates over 100 routes to Europe and North America, primarily from its main hub at Dublin Airport (DUB). The airline is part of the larger International Airlines Group ( IAG) , which also includes the British and Spanish flag carriers.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
The United Kingdom's Rolls-Royce and the United States' GE Aerospace (formerly General Electric) are currently the only two companies making engines for modern widebody commercial aircraft. Pratt & Whitney has the ability to make engines for widebody aircraft, and its engines power various older aircraft. However, Pratt & Whitney has stepped back from making widebody engines and is focusing on narrowbody engines.
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2 weeks ago | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
The United Kingdom is home to one of the world's largest airport networks (London airport system) and the world's most connected airport (London-Heathrow). It has many more airports scattered across the country. The United Kingdom is made up of four constituent countries plus the Crown Dependencies. This article will examine the busiest airports in each, plus separating out London from the rest of England.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Aaron Spray
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
4hoteliers.com | Aaron Spray
The reports are notable for highlighting how increasingly important Asia is and that the industry is expected to continue growing in the foreseeable future.
Forecasting future demand is incredibly important for Airbus and Boeing, as they have to plan decades in advance with designing new aircraft and developing new technologies.
At the same time, it also takes years to expand manufacturing capacity to meet demand.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
msn.com | Aaron Spray
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
Greenland (along with the lesser-known Faroe Islands) is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The massive island has minimal infrastructure—e.g., there are no roads connecting the settlements in Greenland. This means that the only way to get between the isolated settlements is by flying (or by taking a boat or crossing over the ice). So what are Greenland's flight connections to the outside world and internally across the island?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
The Spanish Air and Space Force has ordered another batch of 25 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to replace its aging fleet of F/A-18 Hornets. But why did Spain select Eurofighters over the F-35 Lightning II—or is it? Spain is perhaps the most obvious country that has yet to purchase the American F-35 fighter jet (France and Sweden are squarely focused on their indigenous Rafale and Gripen fighter jets). Most able European air forces are purchasing the F-35.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
simpleflying.com | Aaron Spray
There are many reasons why flights might be delayed—sometimes its the fault of the airline and at other times its completely outside of their control. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has five categories for why aircraft are late. These are Air Carrier, National Aviation System, Weather, Late-Arriving Aircraft, and Security (the categories for cancellation are the same minus the late-arriving aircraft category). Here are some of the top reasons why aircraft are delayed.
