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As of December 2017, Houston Hobby is the fifth largest airport in Southwest's network. [5] Southwest opened its first international terminal at Houston Hobby, and began service from Houston Hobby to Mexico and Central and South America on October 15, 2015. [6] The William P. Hobby Airport covers 1,304 acres (528 ha), and has three runways.
By the mid-1960s, several European aircraft manufacturers had drawn up competitive designs, but were aware of the risks of such a project. For example, in 1959 Hawker Siddeley had advertised an "Airbus" version of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy, [8] which would "be able to lift as many as 126 passengers on ultra short routes at a direct operating cost of 2d. per seat mile".
2011 Fribourg near-collision, involving Germanwings Airbus A319 Flight 2529 and Hahn-Air-Lines Raytheon Premier I Flight 201. Air traffic control at Geneva allowed flight 2529 to sink to flight level 250 (25,000 feet [7,620 m]) but entered flight level 280 (28,000 feet [8,534 m]) as usual for handover to traffic control at Zürich.
Initially named Houston Intercontinental Airport upon its opening in 1969, it was renamed in honor of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and a resident of Houston, in 1997. [4] It is also commonly called Houston International Airport or George Bush International Airport.
Among other recent close calls was a 2023 near-collision at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, where a FedEx Boeing 767 and a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, were, at their ...
Airport Reports 2024-01-02: 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision: 5: 18: Airbus A350-900 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q300: Haneda Airport, Tokyo: interim (in Japanese) 2022-11-18 LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213: 3 40 Airbus A320neo and airport crash tender: Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima: final (in Spanish) 2014-10-20 Unijet ...
A Qantas Airbus A380 landing at DFW International Airport in 2016. The airport’s beginnings The landing of American Airlines Flight 341 marked the official opening of the airport.
The American Airlines flight was an Airbus A319 bound for Boston Logan International Airport, according to FlightAware.com, while the smaller second plane was a private Hawker Beechcraft Super ...