Alaska Airlines Launches Daily Seattle-San Antonio Flights
Alaska Airlines on Monday began daily service between its Seattle hub and San Antonio, Texas.
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...
Flying Through History Aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress: A Photo Essay
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was America's workhorse bomber throughout World War II. Few flyable copies remain, but two of them, Liberty Belle and Aluminum Overcast, recently visited Seattle. We got to fly both of them.
Astronaut Mark Kelly Announces Retirement from NASA
Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Tuesday announced that he will retire from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 1 in order to focus on his fa...
Singapore Orders More Airbus A380 and A350 Jets
Singapore Airlines has ordered five more Airbus A380-800s and 20 additional Airbus A350-900s, the carrier announced this week.