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The Long Flight Home: The Crew That Left for Auckland and Came Home the Long Way Round
Captain Robert Ford rested his hands lightly on the controls of the California Clipper and gazed out through the broad windows of the flight deck as the…
Jul 28
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David C Forward
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The $19 Billion Tollbooth: Is JFK's Privatization Putting the Fox in Charge of the Henhouse?
John F.
Jul 21
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David C Forward
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Nobody to Push Back the Plane.
Aviation's most invisible crisis: how severe ground handling labor shortages are creating a $10B network bottleneck.
Jul 14
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David C Forward
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The World’s Oldest Continuously Operating Airport
The Field of Firsts
Jul 9
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David C Forward
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Riding the Pacific Puddle Jumper
Skipping across tiny Pacific atolls, military bases, and WWII shipwrecks—why United’s legendary flight 154 remains unlike anything else in the sky.
Jul 7
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David C Forward
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Unauthorized Drones Are Testing Aviation’s Weakest Margin:
A JetBlue drone collision at JFK and massive World Cup airspace breaches expose a structural breakdown in aviation risk management. Why carriers can no…
Jul 2
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David C Forward
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June 2026
I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found
Airlines successfully reunite 99.5% of bags with travelers. But what happens to the tiny fraction left behind? Inside the multi-million dollar…
Jun 30
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David C Forward
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“This Is Your (Unlicensed) Captain Speaking”
How a terrifying scandal forced Pakistan to legally privatize and amputate its own state carrier to save its global reputation.
Jun 23
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David C Forward
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Inside Iran Air's Secret Playbook: How My Journey Into Tehran Reveals How a Sanctioned Airline Keeps Flying
How a commercial airline built a shadow supply chain, forged certificates, and kept Western fleets flying for decades.
Jun 18
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David C Forward
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The 4-Second Nightmare: What SQ321 Means for Global Airline Strategy
The TSIB final report exposes a critical industry gap. Is your airline carrying the same liability Singapore Airlines held over Myanmar?
Jun 16
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David C Forward
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Don’t Compete. Win: Inside Avelo Airlines’ High-Stakes Shift to the Embraer E2
How a pandemic startup bypassed America's mega-hubs , survived a brutal West Coast retreat , weathered a political firestorm , and is now using a…
Jun 9
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David C Forward
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Bermuda Gets an Airline
From boutique origins to scaling up North American gateways. We break down BermudAir's Caribbean network growth, premium E-Jet strategy, and what's…
Jun 3
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David C Forward
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