Bombardier CSeries Scores 15-Plane Order from Turkey’s AtlasJet
Bombardier has received a letter of intent from AtlasJet to purchase 10 CS300 aircraft, with options to receive five more of the jets, the companies announced today. The deal is valued at up to $1.18 billion for all 15 aircraft...
United to Launch Daily Flights Between Newark and Istanbul
United Airlines announced Tuesday that it would launch flights linking its Newark hub to Istanbul on July 1st.
Touch N’ Go: P-51 Belly Landing, Flight Attendants Want to Ban Electronics Again, Ebola Assumptions + More #AvGeek Goodness
(Touch N’ Go is a collection of our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more from the day.) AvNews: ✈ Watch This $2.2M P-51 Mustang Make A Gear-Up Belly Landing [Jalopnik] ✈ In honor of the Statue...
Oman Orders Two Additional C-130J Super Hercules Transport Aircraft
Lockheed Martin on Monday signed a contract with the Sultanate of Oman for two more C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
April 4th in Aviation History: Space Shuttle Challenger’s Maiden Spaceflight
Space Shuttle Challenger makes her maiden spaceflight, a US Air Force C-5 crashes in Vietnam, the USS Akron airship crashes near New Jersey, and more...