Final Call: Burt Rutan on Building the World’s Largest Plane, Singapore Offers Private Jets for A380 Connections
Burt Rutan explains why he's building the world's largest airplane from scratch rather than just bolting two 747s together, Turkish wants to buy LOT, US Airways wants to merge with American, inside Narita's immigration gulag, a...
October 10 in Aviation History
A Boeing 727 is shot down in the Congo, a United Airlines flight becomes the first victim of a bombing, and more...
TSA to Troops: Leave Your Bombs at Home
The Transportation Security Administration is reminding military members that grenades and other explosives are not allowed on commercial flights.
Lion Air Commits to Buying Boeing 787 Dreamliners for New Full-Service Airline Batik Air [UPDATED]
Indonesia's Lion Air has committed to buying an undisclosed number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the airframer announced on Friday. The new planes will be used by Batik Air, a new full-service carrier to be launched by Lion in 2013.
Bombardier CSeries Takes Off For The First Time
On Monday morning in Mirabel, just outside of Montreal, the Bombardier CSeries CS100 FTV-1 took to the skies for the first time. Just before 10am local time, the clean-sheet narrowbody started its roll down runway 06, taking of...