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Snarl In The Sky Private jet traffic is creating commercial flight delays, safety concerns, and calls for small planes to pay more into the system.   |
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
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 27, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
15 Brilliant, Bad and Downright Strange Plans to Save Airlines Possible ideas to make plane trips more profitable and efficient. |
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? |
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? |
Popular Mechanics
July 2004
Paul Eisenstein |
Biggest Jet Engine The quest for speed, quiet and distance leads to bigger jet engines. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Steve Rothwell |
Avoiding the Hell That Is Heathrow Faraway airfields tout their lack of crowds and easier transit options |
| 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... |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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? |
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. |
Salon.com
March 28, 2002
P. Smith |
Air travel's communications killer Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed... |
National Defense
June 2013
Insinna & Tadjdeh |
Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Josh Taylor |
Airlift, Plutocrat Style A company called US Helicopter has launched a shuttle service that takes you from downtown Manhattan to the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in a heretofore unimaginable eight minutes. |
Wired
March 2002
B.A. Warner |
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control How Europe's deregulated airlines are using cut-rate fares, Web engines, and small airfields to shake up the flying game... |
Science News
July 22, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Aircraft Boarding by the Numbers America West Airlines worked with industrial engineers to figure out a boarding system that minimizes seat and aisle bottlenecks. Computer simulations showed that a "reverse pyramid" process appears to work best. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 11, 2015
Dina Gerdeman |
A Road Map to Fix America's Transportation Infrastructure Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers a road map to roadway recovery in her new book, Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. |
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. |
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). |
InsideFlyer
October 2012 |
Growing Fees Whether you love 'em or hate 'em (and we know you hate 'em), airlines fees are a lucrative business for the airlines. |
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? |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Jeff Wise |
The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here |
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
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
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 |
Salon.com
June 21, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Airplanes don't get no respect The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts? |
PC World
November 7, 2001
Tom Spring |
Airport Security Targets Tech Gadgets You can still fly with digital companions, but be prepared for scrutiny.... |
CIO
August 1, 2001
Lafe Low |
Up, Up and... Still Here A recent report proposes a complete reshuffling of the nation's air traffic patterns. Currently, planes do not fly from point A to point B in a straight line. Free-flight routes would take a more direct path from takeoff to landing... |
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. |
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 |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Chester Dawson |
Plain Truth About Plane Seats Web sites such as SeatGuru.com can show fine details of the seating plans for your aircraft. |
Health
November 24, 2008
Linda Formichelli |
America's Healthiest Airports Health has done research to find America's healthiest airports. Some are actually working hard to make your traveling experience healthier. |
Popular Mechanics
December 28, 2009
Michael Belfiore |
The Top 9 Airplane Tech Advances of the Last 10 Years The past decade has seen enhancements in everything from cargo planes to hypersonics. |
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? |
Entrepreneur
December 2003
Christopher McGinnis |
Spacing Out How to avoid the big squeeze on your next business flight -- avoid those dud seats. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2009
Kerra McDonough |
When Playing Nice Pays Off Southwest Airlines exemplifies its ticker -- LUV -- through its great customer service, friendly employees, and low fares. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Prachi Patel-Predd |
U.S. Military in Hunt for Bio-based Jet Fuel The U.S. Department of Defense is pumping millions of dollars into projects to turn organic matter into jet fuels. If the military projects succeed, they could become a catalyst for planet-friendly commercial aviation technologies. |
CRM
August 2010
Lior Arussy |
When Customer Experience Matters Most An eruption of volcanic ash leads to an eruption of service mistakes. |
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. |
