Freddie Laker founds Laker Airways, the FAA retires Amelia Earhart’s aircraft registration, first flights of the Boeing 247 and 747-8, and more…
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday announced that it had downgraded the safety ratings of the Caribbean island nations of Curaçao and Saint Maarten from Category 1 to Category 2.
TSA officials now say procedures were not followed when two elderly women were strip searched, a review of the world’s longest economy class flight, Airbus and Boeing both have issues with their largest jets, and more…
Southwest to launch ATL-LAX, Japanese man arrested in Hawaii for punching a Delta flight attendant, the FAA won’t tell us who is flying UAVs in the US, and more…
Pilots and flight attendants at the newly merged Southwest and AirTran have agreed to combine their seniority lists, travel sites are pissed at Google, more claims of dangerous radiation from TSA scanners, and more…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspectors have given the thumbs-up for the reindeer-powered sleigh known as Santa One to fly on Christmas Eve so Santa Claus can deliver presents to children around the world. The approval came after a thorough inspection of the aircraft at the North Pole.
December has been a busy month, from Air New Zealand’s new black 777 to ANA’s new 787 routes to Delta adding new BusinessElite seats on its Brazil routes.
Ethiopian Airlines joins Star Alliance, American Eagle to lay off over 220 employees, FAA approves iPads in the cockpit, and more…
Delta Air Lines and US Airways today announced that they have officially closed their deal to exchange slots and cash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
National Airlines flies the first domestic jet service in the U.S., two Canadian Snowbirds accidents on the same date six years apart, two men complete the first England-Australia flight, and more…
