On This Day in Aviation History: September 9th
In 1970, a BOAC VC-10 is hijacked and flown to Jordan, joining 4 other hijacked aircraft; Orville Wright makes a 1-hour flight in 1908; Two Tupolev aircraft collide in 1994 and an Allegheny DC-9 collides with a Piper over Fairl...
Garuda Indonesia Applying for SkyTeam Membership
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will start the process leading to full entry into the SkyTeam airline alliance after the signing of an official agreement next week.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 9th
Trans-Canada Flight 810 crashes in 1956, United begins flights to Vietnam in 2004 exactly two years to-the-day after filing for bankruptcy. Delta receives the 1,000th 737 in 1983, MiG designer Artem Mikoyan dies in 1970, the fi...
Allegiant Announces Flights Linking Las Vegas and Long Beach
Allegiant Travel Company on Friday announced new nonstop travel flights between Las Vegas and Long Beach, California, beginning on December 15.
Today in Aviation History: February 3rd
The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Also, a US Marines jet slices down a cable car in Italy, Lufthansa launches the first regular transatlantic...