For the past two-plus years, Embraer has dominated the sales competition, winning 240 E-175 orders compared to only 70 CRJ900 orders.

The reality of unmanned aerial systems – or UAS - is that’s it’s a misnomer – there is always a ‘man’ (or woman) behind an ‘unmanned’ system, and that person may be of good intent and responsible, or of evil intent and/or irresponsible.

Brussels Airlines, the ‘little airline that could’ with an heroic effort during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, has launched a campaign it hopes will help the continent recover from the lingering and devastating economic impact of the epidemic.

In the Jan.21 ATW editor’s blog urging US airlines to “stop whining” about unfair competition from the three Gulf carriers – Emirates, Qatar and Etihad – the editor suggests that a vital US industry sits idly by in the face of these airlines’ government subsidized expansion that is inflicting undue harm on US airlines and American jobs.

“We’ve seen this movie many times in the industry,” Detla Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said

American Airlines’ CEO and CFO were feeling bullish today, with justification, as they reported net income of $2.9 billion for 2014, the first full year following the merger with US Airways.

An 80-year relationship comes to a close

Under Gary Kelly’s leadership, Southwest Airlines has grown to become the US’ largest airline in terms of originating domestic passengers carried. Kelly is a 28-year Southwest veteran, assuming the roles of chairman and president in 2008.