Why are Airlines Continually Ordering Larger Aircraft?
The reason, as always, comes down to the most important question an airline has to answer: “what makes the most profit?”
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.
Alaska 261 Plunges into Pacific Ocean: January 31st in Aviation History
Pan Am receives the first Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Ham the Chimp visits space, an Alaska Airlines MD-80 crashes off the coast of California, and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: September 27th
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. From a dive at high altitude, the aircraft ...
Dutch Police Arrest British Terror Suspect at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Dutch police on Sunday morning arrested a British terror suspect aboard a Uganda-bound passenger plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, prosecutors said.