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Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000. (Image by Airbus/Fixion)

Cathay Pacific Orders 10 Airbus A350-1000 Widebody Jets

Cathay Pacific Airways on Tuesday agreed to buy 10 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, becoming the plane type's launch customer.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood goofing off with President Barack Obama at the White House. (Photo by Pete Souza/White House)

DOT Fines JetBlue and Orbitz Over Tarmac Delay and Baggage Fee Rules

The US Dept. of Transportation handed down $140,000 in fines to JetBlue and Orbitz on Monday for violating two consumer protection rules.
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Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EDA makes its first approach to JFK in New York, August 1, 2008

Emirates to Launch First Short-Haul A380: DXB-JED

Emirates will soon begin the world's first short-haul service using an Airbus A380, flying it across the Arabian peninsula between their hub in Dubai and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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This underwear bomb failed to take down a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330, but did succeed in burning its owner's genitals. (Photo by FBI, via ABC News)

New Underwear Bomb Plot Thwarted by CIA, But More Bombs and Terrorists Unaccounted For

The CIA has broken up a new Al Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner using explosive underwear, the Associated Press reported Monday afternoon. An upgraded underwear bomb with an improved detonation system was seized by agents in Y...
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Photo of the Day: The Qantas 747-400ER known as "Wunala Dreaming" lands at Dallas Fort Worth

Frankfurt Opens a New Runway, F-22 Raptor Grounded Again: Final Call

Frankfurt Main gets a new runway, America's newest stealth fighter is once again grounded due to a tech fault, another falling satellite puts pilots on alert, and more...
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