On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th
A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...
Boeing Submits 747-8 Bid for New South Korean Presidential Jet
The Boeing Company has proposed an executive version of its 747-8 jetliner to serve as South Korea's new presidential aircraft and will likely win the contract as bidding rival EADS dropped out, the Yonhap news agency reported ...
Big Flocking Deal: Air Force Two Hits Birds While Landing in California
An Air Force plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden suffered a bird strike while landing in southern California late this week.
Root Metrics Measures Cell Service At Airports, Which Carrier Wins?
Root Metrics, a data company dedicated to helping improve and examine the mobile experience, has released a report on mobile phone speed and reliability at the top 50 busiest U.S. airports. The U.S. is not known for ubiquitous ...
How Delta Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Export-Import Bank
After failed legal and lobbying efforts to shut down the federal Export-Import Bank, Delta is scoring big deals made possible by the bank's financing.