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US Air Force is saving huge money with iPads

by Dave Caolo (May 17th, 2013)

The US Air Force has opened up about how the iPad will help it realize over US$50 million in savings over the next 10 years, as 18,000 iPads replace flight manuals. In an interview with The Street, US Air Force Major Brian Moritz described the huge drop in costs. "We're saving about 90 pounds of ...

Daily Update for May 1, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

American Airlines: iPads prevent pilot back injuries

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2013)

Many airlines have embraced the iPad as a way to replace the 40-pound flight bags containing charts and manuals, but until now there's been little talk about how those tablet deployments are going. At the Tablet Strategy conference in New York yesterday, American Airlines VP of Airline Operations ...

Gadling goes hands-on with the iPad flight bag

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 21st, 2013)

Flight bags are going digital, and American Airlines is on the forefront of this move away from a paper-laden cockpit. American has approval to use the iPad in its 777, 737 and MD-80 airplanes and is starting to install the iPads in the cockpits of its MD-80 fleet. A recent segment in Gadling's ...

AA gives OK to place iPads in airplane cockpits

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 11th, 2012)

Soon, pilots from American Airlines will be able leave their oversized flight manual behind and grab their iPad when they hop into the pilot's seat. According to a report by The Next Web, the FCC gave the airlines the necessary approval to use the iPad as part of an electronic flight bag. In a ...

Daily Update for December 14, 2011

by Steven Sande (Dec 14th, 2011)

Delta, AA iPhone apps could be worth a million frequent flyer miles

by Steven Sande (Sep 21st, 2010)

Participants in Delta's SkyMiles or American Airlines' AAdvantage frequent flyer programs, or anyone who would like a chance to win a million frequent flyer miles, should head over to the App Store now. Both airlines are providing contest incentives to get people to use their apps. American, ...

iPhone on the Road: a substitute for paper boarding passes

by Erica Sadun (Apr 22nd, 2008)

Some things sound really cool -- until you actually have to step up and do them in real time. TUAW reader Gerald Buckley's story about traveling with his iPhone strikes me as belonging to this class. When he approached the American Airlines counter to use his iPhone as a boarding pass, the coolness ...