MIT-Designed, Fish-Shaped Airliners Could Burn 70% Less Fuel
A team of MIT researchers has unveiled their aircraft designs for NASA's N+3 initiative, an engineering study intended to help define the next three generations of commercial aviation while reducing fuel usage by 70% and NOx em...
Farnborough International Airshow 2014 Wrap-up: Day Two
The 2014 Farnborough International Airshow continued on Tuesday morning with more orders from leasing companies and airlines. Leading the way was Air Asia X with an order for 50 A330-900neos
Pan Am Orders 25 Boeing 747s, Apollo 13 Suffers ‘A Problem’: April 13th in Aviation History
"Houston, we have a problem." Also, Republic Airways says it will dump the Midwest brand in favor of Frontier, Apollo an AeroUnion Airbus A300 crashes in Mexico, the Bremen makes the first westbound transatlantic crossing, and ...
American Eagle Launches Daily NY-Atlanta and Chicago-Tri-Cities Flights
American Eagle starts nonstop flights between Chicago and Tri-Cities with an ERJ-140, and also on La Guardia to Atlanta with CRJ-700s, which is a new aircraft type for LGA.
Lonely Housewife Threatens to Blow Up Planes to Get Her Husband Off Work: Final Call
A Florida woman was arrested after threatening to bomb 10 planes, Embraer ditches plans to build a larger jet, United's Jeff Smisek tells all, and more...