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Rendering of a WestJet Bombardier Dash 8 Q400. (Image by Bombardier)

WestJet Orders 45 Bombardier Q400 Turboprops for New Regional Airline

Canada's WestJet announced this week that they had signed a letter of intent to buy up to 45 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 turboprop aircraft to launch a new regional airline.
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A Cimber Sterling Boeing 737-700 (OY-MRS) seen taking off from Alicante, Spain. (Photo by PatxikuD5000, published under a CC BY-NC-ND license.)

Danish Airline Cimber Sterling Grounds All Flights, Files For Bankruptcy

Cimber Sterling grounded all flights effective immediately after filing for bankruptcy Thursday morning.
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Lufthansa's first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental taxis for departure to Frankfurt. (Photo by Chris Sloan/Airchive.com)

160 Photos of Lufthansa’s First Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

Formally delivered late last week, the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental actually flew home to Frankfurt with its Lufthansa owners on Tuesday.
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Delta Air Lines will become its own oilman after purchasing a refinery in Pennsylvania.

Delta Air Lines Buys a Refinery, Becoming its Own Oilman

Delta Air Lines on Monday announced it had reached an agreement to buy a disused oil refinery near Philadelphia, a move which many industry pundits promise to puzzle over for years to come. Monroe Energy, a wholly-owned subsidi...
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The quarantined plane, seen on a better day in Houston. (Photo by AV8PIX Christopher Ebdon, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA)

Delta Flight Quarantined After Landing at Chicago Midway [UPDATED]

A regional jet operated on behalf of Delta Air Lines was under quarantine in Chicago Thursday evening after a passenger fell ill.
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