Kam Air All-women-crewed Flight Sets Precedent for Afghan Gender Equality

Kam Air (RQ) has just set a milestone for Afghan Gender Equality on Wednesday with an all-women-crewed flight. (airwaysmag.com) More...

Delta Flight Delayed Over 15 Hours After Boeing 737 Suffers Electrical Trim Problem

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 was flying from Louisville, Kentucky to Atlanta, Georgia on February 21st. (simpleflying.com) More...

New Vs Old: Comparing The Boeing 707 To The 787 Dreamliner

Boeing’s four-engine 707 was the US manufacturer’s first-ever jetliner, entering service with Pan Am in October 1958. In the more than 62 years that have followed this introduction, Boeing has become a key player in commercial aviation. Today, it represents one half of the industry-dominating Airbus-Boeing manufacturing duopoly. (simpleflying.com) More...

United Airlines settles fraud case over Postal Service contract for $49M

United Airlines is paying criminal and civil penalties for falsifying information for work done flying mail for the USPS. (www.freightwaves.com) More...

Flybe Q400s to be converted into firefighters for Conair at CYXX

Flybe Q400s to be converted into firefighters for Conair. The first of 11 Dash 8 Q400 aircrafts have arrived in Abbotsford and Conair Group Inc. will soon begin the conversion into airtankers engineered specifically for aerial firefighting. The craft will eventually transform into the Q400AT, which is considered to be the most advanced airtanker in the world today. (www.flightglobal.com) More...