The Latest Wings With Wi-Fi
Happy New Year! On the Wi-Fi front, Twenty Ten is off to a great start. We’ve installed Wi-Fi on all but one of the original Delta domestic mainline aircraft as announced in our press release and are preparing to begin installation of Wi-Fi on planes that were previously Northwest aircraft beginning the week of January [...]
Calling all Widget Heads!
Got your attention, didn’t it? Always wanted an excuse to post this Western ad (Western merged with Delta in 1987). We want your input on the Delta Museum website’s new Delta Aircraft History section! Now under construction, it will feature all aircraft types flown by Delta way back to our crop-dusting days. We are posting cool facts about Delta [...]
The Age of Aircraft
Photo: Brian Losito Q: How old is the oldest aircraft at Air Canada? Carlton Lagusz, Stallingborough, U.K. An airliner’s lifespan is based on hours, years and cycles (takeoffs and landings). Fuel efficiency, technological advances and the economy all factor into the equation for retirement of aircraft at Air Canada. The average age… Source
The Latest Wings With Wi-Fi (The ‘300′ Edition)
After an incredibly successful promotion last week, in which all Delta customers received complimentary Wi-Fi courtesy of eBay, we reached a key milestone this week as Delta and Aircell technicians installed Gogo Inflight Internet on the 300th Delta aircraft. As readers of this blog know, Delta has more Wi-Fi-equipped aircraft than any other airline on [...]
World’s First Commercial Flight On GTL Jet Fuel
Doha, QATAR – A Qatar Airways aircraft this evening completed the world’s first commercial passenger flight powered by a fuel made from natural gas. Source