Federal authorities are investigating why pieces of a 747 cargo plane crashed into the woman's house Sunday afternoon. The woman lives on Newton Estate Drive in Clayton County, along a direct flight path to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Another piece of the plane landed at a Walmart on Anvil Block Road, just a couple of miles away. (www.wsbtv.com) More...
Flight controllers said the plane was making such good time that Borschberg would have to fly in a holding pattern before landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (www.nbcnews.com) More...
Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft is one step closer to serving the Navy in reconnaissance and surveillance missions, having just completed its first flight. The drone spent 80 minutes in the air, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet. That's child's play compared to the aircraft's full potential: according to the Navy, it can soar at up to 60,000 feet and stay airborne for as long as 30 hours, due in no small part to its 130-foot wingspan. (www.engadget.com) More...
Oman Air has placed an order for three long-haul Airbus airliners, the European aerospace giant said on Wednesday. The order of the three A330-300 aircraft has a total catalogue value of $718.2 million (555 million euros). The aircraft, each with a capacity of nearly 300 passengers, will be used by Oman Air on long-haul routes, Airbus said. The timetable for delivery was not divulged. The order will bring Oman Air's A330 fleet to 10 planes. The chief executive of Oman Air, Wayne Pearce, said in… (www.middle-east-online.com) More...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Pegasus Airlines announced that the two airlines have entered into a codeshare agreement. The agreement allows KLM to market .... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) More...
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft. (www.eturbonews.com) More...
As Boeing 787s re-enter service on routes around the world following the aircraft’s prolonged grounding for battery problems, the company is already busy resolving other issues that were emerging before they ceased flying in mid-January. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
SkyWest Inc.’s order for 100 new Embraer 175 aircraft includes 60 that are considered conditional, which the U.S. regional carrier’s CFO says enables the carrier to obtain delivery slots without making a definitive commitment to acquire the jets until it knows it will have an airline partner to make use of them. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Here is the live feed of the aircraft. Take a look and fly with them: http://live.solarimpulse.com/ also at www.apibestinclass.com (live.solarimpulse.com) More...
The volume of travel during Memorial Day weekend is expected to decline slightly this year, said AAA on Wednesday, due to a steep drop in air travel amid a shaky economy. The motorist organization forecasts a decline of 0.9% in overall travel compared to last year, with 34.8 million Americans making a journey of 50 miles or more. AAA President Robert Darbelnet blamed the decline on "an up and down economy" and "the impact of the end of the payroll tax holiday on working… (money.cnn.com) More...
A Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental has completed its first test flight in a program to certificate a package of fuel-efficiency improvements for the 747-8, including enhanced General Electric GEnx-2B engines. (www.airlinesanddestinations.com) More...
Published on May 22, 2013 We revealed our new uniforms today when our crew walked the runway as part of our 25th anniversary celebration at Newark-Liberty's Terminal C. We will begin showing off our new United style starting June 25. (www.youtube.com) More...
Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said on Wednesday that customer interest in the 777X wide-body airplane is "high and still growing," and that he expects to formally launch the aircraft program later this year. (www.reuters.com) More...
BURBANK (CBSLA.com) — Two San Fernando Valley lawmakers want to bring residents some relief from noise by limiting the number of flights into and out of local airports. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) first introduced the Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act in 2011 to allow Bob Hope and Van Nuys Airports to adopt curfews and minimize airport noise. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) More...
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden visited the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center on Wednesday, May 22, taking the opportunity to see the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser test vehicle that had arrived at the center a week earlier. Bolden, SNC’s Director of Flight Operations and former NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey and Patrick Stoliker, deputy director of NASA Dryden, outlined the coming ground and flight tests for the Dream Chaser to news media representatives gathered in a… (www1.nasa.gov) More...
China Southern Airlines is expecting to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 by early June, making it the first Chinese operator of the type. (www.flightglobal.com) More...
It was late at night when we pulled into the Premium Dropoff area at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 8, home to Qatar Airlines’ New York area operations as well as to American Airlines, which operates the terminal. I tend to prefer late-night departures because there are typically no lines in the terminal or on the taxiways for departure. Qatar Airways operates daily flights from JFK as well as from Washington, D.C. and Houston..... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) More...
The first Australians have complete their initial MH-60R Romeo qualifications, marking a milestone in the AIR 9000 Phase 8 Project. (australianaviation.com.au) More...
US Airways announced it has resumed summer service to Shannon in Ireland. The flight will operate daily from May 23 through September 6.... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) More...
Embraer Executive Jets has aimed high with its latest marketing campaign by producing a Hollywood-style short film, starring international superstar Jackie Chan. The video, which was uploaded onto YouTube yesterday, is a lavish showcase of the Legacy 500 private jet, which is currently being promoted at the 13th European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE). (www.theaviationwriter.com) More...
U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday. The two airplane makers have orders for more than 3,000 of their narrow-bodied models, the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo, which boast fuel savings of about 15 percent. The new models are to be in service from the second half of the decade. (www.cnbc.com) More...
NEWARK - United Airlines is celebrating 25 years at its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. The airline offered a tour of one of its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The planes are headed back into service after being grounded for four months while Boeing worked on a fix for overheating lithium ion batteries. As part of the special event, United also showed off new uniforms that its employees, as well as former Continental Airlines employees, will wear beginning next month. (newjersey.news12.com) More...
News reports immediately identified the aircraft that made a belly landing at Newark International Airport this past Saturday morning as a USAirways airplane. The flight was referred to as a USAirways flight. But buried somewhere in the news reports the next day, was the information that the aircraft was in fact operated by Piedmont Airlines, not USAirways. (www.forbes.com) More...
UK regional carrier Flybe is to defer, for at least three years, delivery of 16 Embraer 175 jets which had been due to arrive over 2014-15. (www.flightglobal.com) More...
