The FAA announced Friday the first round of contracted air traffic control towers to be closed due to sequestration, starting April 7th. Among the towers being closed is Trenton Mercer, which is just outside of Philadelphia and has recently seen Frontier expand their operations significantly. Although these airports will remain open, as approach and landing [...]
Sequestration To Shut Down 137 Control Towers on April 7th.
American Airlines and US Airways today announced their intention to merge, ending months—if not years—of rumor and speculation. The move will create the world’s largest airline.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced today that they have pinpointed the origin of the January 7th battery fire on a JAL Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Boston to single cell which short circuited and spread to other cells. The nations top safety regulators further announced that the investigation would turn toward scrutinizing the design, certification, [...]
Airlines made up to $670 million last year by passing on a carbon surcharge to travellers despite the EU’s freeze of the controversial tax.
The Sunday newspapers laid into London Heathrow Airport for falling victim to snow over the weekend.
Investigators looking for the cause of January 7′s Japan Airlines Boeing 787 fire in Boston are working through the three-day weekend.
US and Japanese officials Saturday began analysing the black box of the 787 plane forced into an emergency landing this week.
The TSA has announced that airports will soon discontinue their use of controversial scanners which reveal nude images of passengers.
The FAA has ordered US airlines to temporarily stop flying the Boeing 787 effective immediately, citing the potential for battery failures.
Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports registered a record 88.8 million passengers last year, but growth nonetheless slowed to 0.8 percent.
Officials scrambled Tuesday to get 18 human heads off to a crematorium after they were seized by US customs inspectors.
Supervisor David Campos wants to rename San Francisco International Airport in honor of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
Aviation Week said German Chancellor Angela Merkel had the biggest impact on aerospace in 2012 by blocking a $45B merger of EADS and BAE.
Chinese leaders have given final approval for a long-awaited new $11.2 billion international airport in Beijing to ease congestion at PEK.
In a new embarrassment for the city, the opening of Berlin’s new main airport has been postponed again after several previous delays.
Cars — thousands upon thousands of them — roughed up to one extent or another by Superstorm Sandy, are sitting on a Calverton runway.
The FAA has launched an investigation into the recent string of incidents that have plagued Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner.
Hong Kong International Airport handled a single-day record of 1,081 incoming and outbound flights over the weekend.
The Transportation Security Administration has agreed to fund a study of the health effects of its X-ray body scanners.
