Colours, images, logos… the aerial companies blend extravagant or minimalist combinations to give him main personality or simply to make more corporate his aircraft. But, this affects at the moment of the flight?
The most dangerous weather phenomena by plane
When we rise in height in an aircraft, we cannot accurately predict what type of meteorological phenomena we are going to encounter on the way.
World’s busiest air routes
Thousands of planes fly over our cities, towns and landscapes on air routes or in the air. We explain to you which are the most important and most transited in the world!
Amazon Air – A giant in the air
The e-commerce giant we all know, Amazon, wants to take the leap into the skies and has announced that it intends to have 70 planes by 2021, a fleet that will give it a similar weight to airlines such as the American low cost carrier Frontier. The main reason why Jeff Bezos’ company has launched to create Amazon Air is that it has broken the contract with FedEx, another giant – in this case of the distribution of parcels – with the aim of not depending on third parties, and thus lowering costs by using their own planes.
How does a plane fly?
Modern aircraft are a true marvel of engineering. They have to overcome strong turbulent and unpredictable air currents and complete their flight by undertaking complex manoeuvres. Have you ever wondered how pilots can achieve this?
Evolution in aviation
Today we are so used to agility and speed when using air transport that it feels like it has always been that way. However, air locomotion is very recent in historical terms. So much so that its origins date back to just over 250 years ago.
EAS Barcelona, multiculturalism as an added value
On October 19, a new class of ATPL students began their journey on the path of becoming professional airplane pilots. About twenty boys and girls from a dozen different countries …
Aircraft manufacturers
We all know Airbus and Boeing, two of the main aeronautical manufacturers of the planet of which we have spoken in previous articles, with important commercial and military divisions. But there are also other companies that manufacture commercial airplanes that, although many of you know them, are also very important in the world of aviation.
Fuel; that unknown
Of the substance that allows our plane to rise in the sky, we are often only clear about the economic cost involved. As the saying goes, “It is not the sustenance that keeps the aircraft in flight, but the wallet.
This time we will see that beyond the price of fuel, it is important to know other aspects that will allow us to fly more safely, more ecologically and, why not, more economically.