Commercial Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/commercial/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:55:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Commercial Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/commercial/ 32 32 104229628 Meet the First Woman to Become a Commercial Pilot https://avgeekery.com/meet-the-first-woman-to-become-a-commercial-pilot/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:55:22 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33685 The journey into aviation was rough for women in the early years. They faced serious discrimination from male counterparts, and had to fight for their place in the sky. Many…

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]]> 33685 A New CEO is Taking Over JetBlue https://avgeekery.com/a-new-ceo-is-taking-over-jetblue/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:24:06 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33781 A new CEO is taking over JetBlue and she will be the first woman in the country to lead a major U.S. airline. Company President & COO Joanna Geraghty is…

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]]> 33781 DC Air: The Nation’s Capital Airline That Never Was https://avgeekery.com/dc-air-the-nations-capital-airline/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 04:06:36 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33449 Robert L. Johnson, better known as Bob Johnson, the founder and CEO of BET, was at the forefront of a potentially historic aviation endeavor. His vision: to launch DC Air…

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]]> 33449 Planes of Paradise: 11 Extinct Airlines of Hawaii https://avgeekery.com/planes-of-paradise-11-airlines-of-hawaii-weve-forgotten/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:43:39 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33442 In light of last week’s surprise announcement by Alaska Airlines that it has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, we decided to take a look back at some of the Hawaiian airlines of…

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]]> 33442 Stargazer: The Lone Flying L-1011 TriStar https://avgeekery.com/stargazer-the-lone-tristar/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:19:27 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33271 Out of 250 Lockheed L-1011 TriStars ever built, only one remains airworthy today. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a groundbreaking aircraft for its time.  In the transformative decade of the…

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]]> 33271 Remembering Western Airlines: The Only Way to Fly! https://avgeekery.com/remembering-western-airlines-the-only-way-to-fly/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:51:03 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33239 We remember Western Airlines, one of America’s iconic air carriers that offered innovative in-flight service. It is Tuesday, May 7, 1957, and you are a passenger aboard Western Airlines flight…

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]]> 33239 Eight Years After the Farewell: US Airways’ Enduring Legacy https://avgeekery.com/us-airways-enduring-legacy/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:59:15 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33102 When US Airways Flight 1939 touched down at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on 17 October 2015, a storied chapter of American aviation history came to a poignant close. The symbolically…

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]]> 33102 And Then There Were Five: The DC-8 in 2023 https://avgeekery.com/and-then-there-were-five-the-dc8-in/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:55:13 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33087 Introduced in the late 1950s, the Douglas DC-8 was a marvel of its time, revolutionizing long-haul air travel and setting the stage for modern jetliners. Today, while most of its…

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]]> 33087 Silver Falcons & Golden Falcons: Eastern Air Lines in the 1950s https://avgeekery.com/silver-falcons-golden-falcons-eastern-air-lines-in-the-1950s/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:31:14 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=32358 In an era before computers and before jets, Eastern Air Lines operated daily flights over an enormous network of routes – concentrated primarily east of the Mississippi River – bringing…

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