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The Boom-and-Bust Cycle of the Skies: A Century of Airline Failure and Survival
Spanning a full century, this graph of airline closures is a corporate graveyard, charting the ghosts of failed ambitions from 1919 to 2018. It paints the defining picture of the American airline i...
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The Final Approach: Pilot’s Perspective on the Most Treacherous Airport Landings in the US
The definitive list of the U.S.'s most challenging airport landings, according to the pilots who fly them. Explore the risks of Aspen, Key West, and more.
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Is 11A the Safest Seat on a Plane?
Following the recent Air India incident in Ahmedabad, which miraculously resulted in a single survivor, the long-debated question of the safest seat on a plane has been thrust back into the spotlig...
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