NEWS Trump attacks F-35 maker for ‘out of control’ costs
Here we go again. Donald Trump has tweeted another critique about a major defense company -- and the stock immediately fell. Trump tweeted Monday morning that "the F-35 program and…
NEWS Last ship departs to search for missing #MH370 Malaysian aircraft
The one remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has begun what is likely to be its final search. Dutch-owned Fugro Equator left the Australian port of…
ALERT 2 planes skid off icy airport runway in western China
Two passenger planes skidded off an icy runway just before take-off at Urumqi Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The first incident occurred at 9.33am, when Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9220…
BREAKING Bomb threat forces plane to make emergency landing at New York’s JFK airport
A bomb threat has forced a Frankfurt bound flight to make an emergency landing in New York tonight. Lufthansa flight #LH441 was at 37,000 feet passing over New York from…
NEWS Woman dragged by police off a Delta jet today in Detroit bound for San Diego
A passenger didn’t check in with gate agent and walked right on. The woman blew by gate agent and didn’t check in because she wasn’t an early boarder and deserved overhead…
NEWS Storm forces cancellation of 1400 flights in Chicago
A winter storm moving through the Great Lakes region dumped snow in the Midwest and led to the cancellation of more than 1,400 flights Sunday in Chicago. In nearby Detroit,…
NEWS Successful Embraer test flights at St Helena Island
An Embraer ERJ-190-100 jet aircraft, operated by Embraer Commercial Aviation as a non-commercial trial and demonstration flight, visited St Helena Airport between Wednesday 30 November and Friday 2 December 2016.…
NEWS Qantas announced Perth-London direct flights for 2018
Direct flights from Perth to London will be introduced in 2018, marking the first time Australians will be able to fly direct to Europe. Announcing the new non-stop service, Qantas…
NEWS Iran Air Signs $16.6 Billion Deal For 80 Boeing Planes (50 Boeing 737s, 30 Boeing 777s)
IranAir said it signed a deal on Sunday to buy 80 passenger planes from U.S. aircraft maker Boeing, state news agency IRNA reported, including 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs…