Etihad Airways is set to order up to 100 planes worth about $20bn, in what would be the largest aircraft order this year, reported the UK's Daily Telegraph. James Hogan, CEO of the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, said he was in
The long-awaited FAA reauthorization bill is stuck in the Senate. One bone of contention: whether or not the looser pension-funding requirements imposed on formerly bankrupt airlines (Delta, Northwest) unfairly disadvantage carriers that avoided bankruptcy during the last cycle, like American
Foreign airlines have sent over 120 requests to carry out charterflights with British football fans to Moscow airports. The footballfans will be delivered separately: Chelsea fans will fly toSheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports and Manchester United fans, toDomodedovo...
Reuters: European planemaker Airbus has warned customers they may face more delays on delivery of the world's largest passenger plane, the A380, which is already two years behind schedule. Dubai's Emirates airline, the biggest A380 customer, and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad
Another large American air company intends to launch flights to Russia.United Airlines plans to start flying from its hub in Washington toMoscow using Boeing 767 aircraft on October 26, 2008. Full Story
KABUL, Afghanistan: Graduates completed the first orientation course for the Afghan National army air corps April 30 at the Kabul Air Corps Training Center here. The four-week inaugural course laid the foundation for the air corps soldiers as they began
MARIETTA, Ga: Two Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors successfully sent classified sensor data to ground stations in the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008 (JEFX 08) conducted April 15-25 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev...
Wichita, KS.: Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, completed first flight of its Citation CJ4 business jet prototype today. "It was an outstanding first flight," said Cessna Senior Engineering Test Pilot Dan Morris, who flew the aircraft
Wichita, KS.: Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, completed the first flight of the first production model SkyCatcher May 1, about eight weeks after the first prototype SkyCatcher flew. The 30-minute SkyCatcher flight departed Cessna Aircraft Field
