Airline Industry Records 2010 as Safest Year in Aviation History
The IATA on Wednesday said the accident rate in 2010 for Western-built jet aircraft was the lowest in aviation history.
Meet Afghanistan’s First Air Traffic Controllers
After completing a training program created by the Afghan government, the ICAO and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan's first fully-qualified air traffic controllers are manning the tower at Kabul...
On This Day in Aviation History: February 19th
A China Airlines flight survives a 30,000ft dive in 1985, though an Iberia flight suffers an all-fatal crash the same day. The Boeing 757 makes its maiden flight, Lufthansa lines up to be the first 737 customer, and more...
Pilot of Crashed Asiana Airlines Jumbo Jet Bought Seven Life Insurance Policies a Month Earlier
One of the two pilots aboard an Asiana Airlines cargo plane which crashed in the sea off a South Korean island last week had taken out seven life insurance policies just a month before the accident, according to a news report o...
WestJet Launches Codeshare With British Airways
The deal allows British Airways to sell WestJet-operated flights out of Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to Ottawa, Edmonton and Victoria.