UPDATED: Airbus Prepares For First A350-900 XWB Flight Tomorrow Morning
Tomorrow is a big day for Airbus, as the A350-900 XWB is scheduled for its first flight at 10:00am Paris time. The current plan, which is subject to weather conditions, calls for a four hour test flight out of and back to Toulo...
Qatar Airways Orders Five More Boeing 777s
Boeing and Qatar Airways today announced an order for five new 777 aircraft, worth $1.4 billion at list prices.
United Airlines Pilots Invite Execs to Tour Their ‘LAX Ghetto’
Disgruntled United Airlines pilots have invited their corporate overlords for a meet and greet in the Los Angeles parking lot where many of them sleep.
On This Day in Aviation History: August 18th
On this date in 1871, Alphonse Pénaud achieves the first flight of an inherently stable airplane; in 1911, first flight of the F.E.2 biplane in England; in 1930, the first westbound crossing of the Atlantic; in 1932, the first...
German Air Traffic Controllers Set to Strike Tuesday Morning
The German Trade Union of Air Traffic Control has called on its 5,500 members to participate in a six-hour strike on Tuesday morning, risking major disruption.