Best Articles & Videos about Aviation on the web

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Read the best aviation articles from around the internet, or watch the most insightful videos about aviation from platforms like Youtube, Vimeo or leading publishers like The New York Times, The Atlantic, LA Times, Bloomberg, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal and many more.
The One Route Ghost Airline Between Egypt & Israel

The One Route Ghost Airline Between Egypt & Israel
Videos, World

Air Sinai appeared on the Internet in February 2020 and for the scarce few who were in the know about Air Sinai, it was a real shock. What’s so special about this ghost airline and how come up until now it was impossible to book a flight without being transferred endlessly between travel agents?

youtube.com
10m watch
Death In The Alps

Death In The Alps
History

Two planes from the same airline crashed in the same spot in the Alps, 16 years apart. Now the glaciers of Chamonix are melting. And as the ice turns to water, it is releasing secrets that have stayed frozen for the past 60 years.

1843magazine.com
19m read
The Rise And Fall Of Pan Am

The Rise And Fall Of Pan Am
Business, History, Videos

Pan Am was once the largest international airline in the US. In 1970 alone, it carried 11 million passengers to 86 countries worldwide. But after 60 years of flight, decades of financial turbulence, and a devastating terrorist attack above the skies of Lockerbie, Scotland, Pan Am went bust.

youtube.com
11m watch
How Boeing Crashed: The Inside Story Of The 737 Max

How Boeing Crashed: The Inside Story Of The 737 Max
Business, Videos

Boeing used to represent the gold standard in aircraft safety, but critics say it has lost its way in the pursuit of profit. We tell the story of two fatal crashes involving the 737 Max 8 jet: the Ethiopian Airlines crash last March that killed 157 people and the Lion Air disaster in October 2018 that killed all 189 on board.

youtube.com
24m watch
How To Find The Cheapest Flight Possible

How To Find The Cheapest Flight Possible
Explainers

The problem with airfare deals is that you can’t just search for a great deal on a single website. Airfare prices change minute by minute. The old advice was to search for airfare on Tuesday or Wednesday nights, but that no longer applies now that airlines have become so competitive with each other.

outsideonline.com
4m read
The Case Against Boeing

The Case Against Boeing
Business, Economics, Long Reads

In the wake of the 737 MAX disasters, caused by a software feature, Boeing and regulators initially placed blame on the planes’ pilots. Since Samya Stumo’s death in a 737 MAX crash, her parents and her great-uncle, Ralph Nader, have devoted themselves to proving that the company put profit over safety.

newyorker.com
31m read
Use A ‘Fake’ Location To Get Cheaper Plane Tickets

Use A ‘Fake’ Location To Get Cheaper Plane Tickets
Economics, Explainers

I can’t explain airline pricing but I do know some plane tickets can be cheaper depending on where you buy them or, even better, where you appear to buy them from. This is all about leveraging foreign currencies and points-of-sale to your advantage.

time.com
7m read
The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course

The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course
Business, History

It was May 2001. And Boeing’s leaders, CEO Phil Condit and President Harry Stonecipher, had decided it was time to put some distance between themselves and the people actually making the company’s planes. How much distance? This flight—a PR stunt to end the two-month contest for Boeing’s new headquarters—would reveal the answer.

theatlantic.com
7m read

Bashir Sultani
Inspiration
Bashir Sultani
Plane Stowaway: The Man Who Fell From The Sky

Plane Stowaway: The Man Who Fell From The Sky
Crime, Long Reads, World

It was sunny and warm on 30 June as residents in south London finished their lunch and unwound on a leisurely Sunday afternoon. But the peace was shattered in Offerton Road with a terrifying thump. A man occupied a crater in one of the back gardens after falling through the sky for a kilometer.

news.sky.com
20m read
Airbus Beluga XL Enters Service

Airbus Beluga XL Enters Service
Business, Innovation

One of the aviation world’s most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has entered full-time service. The super-transporter cargo plane is designed by Airbus to fly its aircraft components between production sites in Europe and its final assembly lines in Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Tianjin, China.

edition.cnn.com
4m read
What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? The Saunders-Roe Princess Story

What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? The Saunders-Roe Princess Story
Business, Design, History, Videos

In 1943, Saunders-Roe, an iconic British aircraft builder, began planning for the future by drafting a design for a truly next-generation flying boat. But by the time the Princess took its first flight, the world had been completely transformed by the rapid development of runways and advances in land-based aircraft.

youtube.com
12m watch
What’s Actually The Plane Of The Future

What’s Actually The Plane Of The Future
Innovation, Videos

Supersonic speed, modular cabin design, all electric power, transparent cabin walls, pilotless planes, personal jets for everyone—that all sounds great, but what’s actually the plane of the future. In the next 15-20 years, what will be the next major aircraft release to make an impact on the industry?

youtube.com
11m watch
When Secret Mystery Planes Landed At The Air Bases Where I Was Stationed

When Secret Mystery Planes Landed At The Air Bases Where I Was Stationed
World

Diego Garcia is a part of the British Indian Ocean Territories comprising the greater Chagos Archipelago. Its extreme isolation has made it a hotbed for unsubstantiated accusations of classified and even nefarious activity. The tent I lived in was supposedly part of a CIA “black site” for terrorist detainees.

thedrive.com
6m read
Where Hollywood Shoots All Its Plane Scenes

Where Hollywood Shoots All Its Plane Scenes
Media, Videos

Many of the most iconic plane and airport scenes were filmed in the same place — Air Hollywood, the LA production studio entirely dedicated to aviation. The studio has three full aircraft interiors and an airport terminal set that’s reconfigurable into any part of the air travel experience.

youtube.com
5m watch
The Completely Correct Guide To Reclining On An Airplane

The Completely Correct Guide To Reclining On An Airplane
Explainers, Life

One of the touchiest subjects in all of air travel is the seat recline. To some, leaning your seat back on a flight is a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t you take that precious spare space for relief? For others, the sight of the seat in front barreling toward them is a living nightmare.

washingtonpost.com
5m read

Nikolay Schegolev
Inspiration
Nikolay Schegolev
The Night The Music Died

The Night The Music Died
Long Reads

It came out of the sky about five miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa, and slammed into the frozen earth. Outside lay the bodies of three young men who had been thrown from the plane at more than 100 miles per hour. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles P. Richardson, also known as the Big Bopper, were dead.

texasmonthly.com
21m read
The 30 Year-Old Airline That’s Never Flown

The 30 Year-Old Airline That’s Never Flown
Business, History, Videos

Back in 1989, a guy by the name of Igor Dmitrovsky filed the paperwork to incorporate a small little business in the state of New York. This company would enter the metal cylinder organism transport business under the name Baltia Airlines. The airline was to fly from New York, US to St Petersburg, USSR.

youtube.com
5m watch
The Future Of Airliners?

The Future Of Airliners?
Business, Innovation, Videos

One that could shake up the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus to force competition and new designs? Take a look at the D8, nicknamed the Double Bubble, developed by Aurura, MIT and with the help of NASA.

youtube.com
11m watch
The Very Dramatic $3,000,000 Qantas Airlines Heist

The Very Dramatic $3,000,000 Qantas Airlines Heist
Crime, History, Videos

Just after midday on May 26th 1971, Australian authorities received a call from a mysterious Mr. Brown claiming that a Qantas flight from Sydney to Hong Kong was carrying a bomb. He then claimed that he would disclose the location of the onboard bomb in return for a hefty sum.

youtube.com
10m watch
In The Race For Cheap Airfare, It’s You vs. The Machine

In The Race For Cheap Airfare, It’s You vs. The Machine
Business, Tech

Travel providers now use artificial intelligence software to re-price their offerings, sometimes dozens of times a day, to maximize revenue. For business and leisure travelers, the result is a variation of the cat-and-mouse game, where travel companies are almost always the cat.

nytimes.com
6m read
Out Of Left Fields: Dutch Land Art Installation Cuts Area Airplane Noise in Half

Out Of Left Fields: Dutch Land Art Installation Cuts Area Airplane Noise in Half
Architecture, Design, Innovation, Nature

Landscape architects from the firm H+N+S worked with artist Paul De Court and drew on the work of acoustician Ernst Chladni to create over 100 grassy pyramids. Instead of simply disrupting sound waves, though, the Buitenschot Land Art Park also included paths for cyclists and pedestrians.

99percentinvisible.org
3m read
A Tribute To North Korea’s Air Koryo By Arthur Mebius

A Tribute To North Korea’s Air Koryo By Arthur Mebius
Photos, World

Intrigued by the dedication of an airline crew who only fly to two destinations, photographer Arthur Mebius documents the experience of flying with North Korea’s Air Koryo. The photo series ‘Dear Sky’ offers an insight to Air Koryo’s aircraft and crew, from the perspective of Mebius as a passenger.

ignant.com
3m read
Bertie Taylor Explores Life Under London Heathrow’s Flight Path

Bertie Taylor Explores Life Under London Heathrow’s Flight Path
Photos

Bertie Taylor’s photos explore how people live with planes thundering over their heads, as well as the community of people who are drawn to the area. The images are startling, and he has managed to portray the juxtaposition between peaceful suburban life and the constant presence of roaring aircraft.

itsnicethat.com
4m read

Michael Crichton
Inspiration
Michael Crichton
The Madness Of Airline Élite Status

The Madness Of Airline Élite Status
Business, Economics, World

When you fly a lot for work, as I do, you check your frequent-flier mile balance often, to provide data for competitive commiseration. Frequent fliers sometimes go to great lengths to keep their airline élite status, and those efforts are often completely out of proportion to the perks.

newyorker.com
8m read
Letting Slower Passengers Board Airplane First Really Is Faster, Study Finds

Letting Slower Passengers Board Airplane First Really Is Faster, Study Finds
Economics, Science

Commercial airlines often prioritize boarding for passengers traveling with small children, or for those who need extra assistance, before starting to board the faster passengers. It’s counter-intuitive, but it turns out that letting slower passengers board first actually results in a more efficient process.

arstechnica.com
6m read
The Economics Of Airline Class

The Economics Of Airline Class
Business, Economics, Videos

The story of the development of airline classes really isn’t the story of how airlines developed more and more luxurious seats, it’s how they cut costs to allow more and more people to fly. It’s also a fascinating demonstration of economics.

youtube.com
12m watch
The Super-Rich Are Being Scammed On Their Private Jets

The Super-Rich Are Being Scammed On Their Private Jets
Business, Crime

Five grand for mystery sushi. Seven for plastic cups. And more fuel than the plane could possibly hold. Such are the deceptions stinging the billionaires and mere millionaires of today’s private jet-set class. In an era of ultra-wealth, reports of shady billing related to private-jet travel are on the rise.

bloomberg.com
3m read
Why Airplane Boarding Got So Ridiculous

Why Airplane Boarding Got So Ridiculous
Economics, Explainers

Airlines were focused on finding the fastest possible boarding method, so planes can spend less time at gates and more time in the air, making money. They might have stuck with that aim if it weren’t for the other change, which has to do with the fight for overhead bin space.

nymag.com
6m read
What Really Happened To Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

What Really Happened To Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Crime, Long Reads

The mystery surrounding MH370 has been a focus of continued investigation and a source of sometimes feverish public speculation. Judging from the electronic evidence, this was not a controlled attempt at a water landing. The airplane must have fractured instantly into a million pieces.

theatlantic.com
38m read
How Do Airlines Price Tickets?

How Do Airlines Price Tickets?
Economics, Explainers, Videos

To the average buyer, airline ticket prices appear to fluctuate without reason. But behind the process is actually the science of dynamic pricing, which has less to do with cost and more to do with artificial intelligence.

youtube.com
6m watch
The Celebrity Airport Lost In Time

The Celebrity Airport Lost In Time
Videos, World

In the early years of aviation, the Gander Airport in Newfoundland, Canada served as an obligatory stop for refueling between Europe and America. This made the small town of Gander into an unlikely international hub, hosting celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and the Queen of England.

bbc.com
6m watch
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