A FedEx Express A310 at Cleveland along with a 727 in February 2011. The Airbus is already retired, and the last 727 service will be on July 1, 2013. Photo: George Mihalek – OPShots Contributor // FedEx Corp.’s decision late yesterday to permanently ground 24 aircraft and 43 aircraft engines may be the first step in a… Read more
Category Archive: Fleet Information
Embraer Books ‘Milestone’ SkyWest Order – Airwise News
The new aircraft will be similar to this Embraer 170 captured at Port Columbus International last November. Photo: Micheal Wass – OPShots Contributor // US regional airline group SkyWest has agreed to buy at least 40 Embraer E175s, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than USD$8… Read more
Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery – Reuters
The Boeing factory demonstrator lands at Oshkosh in July 2011, prior to all the battery problems. Photo: Andrew Jones – OPShots Contributor // Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly… Read more
Construction Begins for Newest Goodyear Blimp – Yahoo! Finance
A new generation of Goodyear blimps will soon be coming out of this hangar at Wingfoot Lake in Akron as the company begins to update their fleet. Photo: Doug McElroy – OPShots Contributor // The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) announced today that it has begun construction of the first of a new generation of… Read more





