Low Cost Carriers

JetBlue was originally to be called “Taxi”, but the name was dropped for several reasons including the ambiguity of the word with air traffic control procedures Originally founded as Charter One in 1980, Spirit Airlines was renamed in 1992, two years after the start of scheduled service Worldwide there are …

Happy 90th Birthday, United Airlines!

In the 1920s, prior to United Airlines being United Airlines, Boeing operated an airline called United Air Lines Chicago O’Hare is United’s largest hub in terms of departures, but they move more people through their hub at Houston Intercontinental In 1994, United’s pilots, machinists, bag handlers and non-contract employees acquired …

Australia

After phasing out the Australian 1 and 2 cent coins in 1991, they were melted down and used in the Sydney 2000 Olympics as Bronze Medals The world’s longest mail run is from Cairns to Cape York, a distance of 1,450 km which is flown daily in 9 hours with …