FAA Proposes Stricter Helicopter Flight Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday proposed broad new rules aimed at making helicopter flights safer.
Rolls-Royce and GE Reveal Future Engine Plans at Paris Air Show
This week at the Paris Air Show, Rolls-Royce and General Electric have both provided peaks into what they are developing for future engines to power new aircraft coming from Boeing and Airbus in the A350 and 787-10.
Chinese Airline Considers Installing Hannibal Lecter-Style “Standing Seats”
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines wants to remove all the seats from its jets. The low-cost carrier has 13 Airbus A320s, but the lengthy wait for new aircraft is making it difficult to keep up with surging demand. A seatless plane...
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...
FBI Searching For Previously Undisclosed 9/11 Terrorists: Wikileaks
An FBI manhunt is on for a team of Al Qaeda operatives who helped plan and support the 9/11 attacks, according to a secret document obtained by Wikileaks.