NEWS General Aviation Mechanic Lied About Completing Annual, Hit with $13 million verdict
Charged Cessna owner for new parts, didn't install them; said he completed annual but only changed the oil. Pilot seat slips in flight, pilot is killed.Link
NEWS CSeries 300 – first flight out of YMX today!
The Bombardier CSeries 300 finally gets airborne at Montreal's Mirabel airport!Link
NEWS Bombardier CS300 takes off for 1st test flight
Bombardier saw one of its CS300 jets take off from Mirabel airport in Montreal today, the first time the company's larger CSeries plane has taken to the skies.Link
NEWS Airbus Posts Higher 2014 Profit and Increases A320 Build Rates
Airbus Group NV reported a 15 percent gain in annual profit after increasing commercial plane deliveries and announced plans to boost monthly production of its workhorse A320 single-aisle aircraft to…
NEWS Plane lands safely after landing gear failure near Wichita airport
WICHITA, Kan. - An airplane carrying 67 passengers landed safely at Wichita's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Wednesday night after reporting landing gear failure about four minutes out from the…
NEWS A fascinating view into the US Air Force boneyards
You can zoom in this 48-megapixel image of the USAF boneyard in Tucson, Arizona—stitched from Bing Maps satellite images—and try to identify all those airplanes. Or you can watch this…
NEWS Iberia recovery boosts profits at International Airlines Group
International Consolidated Airlines Group has released results for the year to December 31st, 2014, revealing the operating profit €1,390 million. This is up from €770 million in the previous year.…
NEWS Bombardier CS300: first flight confirmed for today, February 27
Bombardier confirmed the first flight of its CS300 for today, February 27, at Mirabel, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Link
ALERT 11 injured on board Thai Airways flight #TG641 from Tokyo to Bangkok due to severe turbulence
Thai Airways says one of its planes hit severe turbulence over Thailand and 11 people on board were injured.The Airbus A340-600 was headed to Bangkok from Tokyo at the time…
NEWS What I learned flying aboard the world's crappy airlines
A humorous travel blog looking at the worse in air travel. Link
NEWS Lufthansa brings Boeing 747-8 to New York-Frankfurt route
Newark Liberty International Airport just celebrated the beginning of Lufthansa’s daily scheduled Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental service between Newark and the airline’s home base in Frankfurt. As the largest operator of…
NEWS Qatar Airways deepens codeshare relationship with Bangkok Airways
Qatar Airways has strengthened its relationship with Bangkok Airways with the addition of further code-share routes. The new code-shares come after a year of rapid expansion for Qatar Airways across…