China Airlines Joins SkyTeam Alliance
Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines has announced the start of its joining process leading to full entry into the SkyTeam airline alliance in a process that is expected to be completed by mid-2011.
Latest 787 Glitch: What Happens When The Wrong Extinguisher Is Fired?
On Wednesday, reports started to trickle in that The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had yet another glitch that airlines needed to sort out. No, it was not related to the lithium-ion batteries again, but something you will find on just ...
American Airlines Launches First Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
After a water cannon salute at 7:30 AM, the new jet with its quiet engines spooled up and we rocketed out of Dallas-Ft. Worth on our way to Chicago.
American’s Bankruptcy Miracle
It has long been obvious that, short of a miraculous reduction in its labor and debt costs and an increase in revenue, American Airlines needed to restructure its costs in Chapter 11 like every other US legacy carrier had befor...
AIRES Jet Carrying 131 Crashes and Breaks Up at Colombian Airport; Only One Passenger Killed
A Boeing 737-700 belonging to Colombian airline AIRES crashed at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport on the Colombian island of San Andres on Monday, breaking into pieces and killing one passenger.