Air Austral Takes Delivery of First Boeing 737-800
Air Austral received its first Boeing 737-800 on Monday, the first of two the airline ordered to replace a 737-300 and a 737-500.
Hong Kong Airport Breaks Single-Day Flight Record, Handling 1,057 Takeoffs and Landings
Hong Kong International Airport handled a single-day record of 1,057 incoming and outbound flights this past Friday.
Watch Out Facebook: Japan Airlines to Launch Year’s Second Largest IPO
Japan Airlines filed paperwork on Wednesday which will allow the company to launch an $8 billion initial public stock offering this September.
On This Day in Aviation History: September 11th
Four airliners are hijacked and intentionally crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania in 2001, killing 2,993; A Continental EMB120 crashes at IAH in 1991; Eastern flight 212 crashes in CLT...
Iraq Intercepts Iranian Plane Enroute to Syria
Iraqi authorities on Saturday ordered a Syria-bound cargo plane to land in Baghdad to make sure it was not carrying weapons.