Bad Weather Strands Over 2,500 Travelers at Tiny Airport Near Mount Everest
Efforts have begun to airlift more than 2,500 people, most of them tourists, from Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal where they have been stranded for days with all commercial flights grounded due to bad weather. Lukla is ...
Department of Justice Greenlights United-Continental Merger
United Airlines and Continental Airlines on Friday announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved the merger of the two airline companies and is closing its review pending the merge of the airlines.
Early Bird Report: WTO Decision Expected This Morning; Qantas Pilot Had Urges to Crash Planes
WTO Airbus report to be issued. Lufthansa pilots set strike date. Qantas pilot was a few nuggets short of a Happy Meal. Milestone for 747-8. New flights to a West Virginia golf resort.
Photo Gallery: Virgin Galactic Enterprise Rocket Plane Completes First Manned Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane made its first un-powered flight over the California desert early Sunday, an important milestone before powered testing of the commercial tourist spacecraft begins next year.
Long Island Pilots May Still Face Trial After Brazilian Court Overturns Their Acquittal
A Brazilian court on Tuesday threw out another judge's acquittal of two American pilots involved in the 2006 Gol Flight 1907 crash, which killed 154 people.