Category Archive: Cleveland Hopkins News

Frontier Enters 2012 Without A Fuel Hedge – AVIATION WEEK

A Frontier Airbus landing at Cleveland Hopkins last month.  Photo:  George Mihalek - OPShots Contributor

Frontier Airlines has no hedges in place on fuel for this year, but the CEO of parent company Republic Airways says he is confident the low-cost carrier subsidiary has reduced its costs and improved its revenue enough to make a profit even if jet fuel prices average $3.50 per gallon this… Read more

Erickson Air-Crane – Flying Magazine

This Skycrane passed through Cleveland in April 2009.  Photo:  Bernie Conaway - OPShots Contributor

The phone rang — it was my dad, and it was bad news. “I’m standing on the sand,” he said, using a phone borrowed from the resident of a Malibu beach house. “I’m looking up the hill and the fire’s heading right for our house. The guys fighting it on the ground can’t get in… Read more

Hungarian airline Malev ceases operations, flights grounded – Reuters

In support of Cleveland's large Hungarian community, Malev used to operate charter flights out of Hopkins.  Photo: Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. - OPShots.net

Hungarian flag-carrier Malev announced on Friday that it had stopped operating because its liquidity situation has become unsustainable and all its flights had been grounded as of 0500 GMT on Friday. The airline had been placed under extraordinary protection from creditors and a receiver was… Read more

OPShots Photographer Spotlight – Chris Jacobs (chrisjake)

When the Concorde came to Cleveland in 1985, Chris was there to document the event.

What can I say? Chris Jacobs has been the longest member of OPShots, and has been with us since day one.  In fact, you might even consider him a co-founder of the site! His were the first photos other than mine to appear in the database, and he is still actively uploading whenever he gets a… Read more

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