FAA to Fine American Airlines Record $25 Million for MD-80 Maintenance Problems
FAA officials are preparing to penalize American Airlines over wiring issues that forced the carrier to temporarily ground its entire fleet of MD-80 jets in 2008.
Russian Intelligence Blames United States For Superjet Crash
A week before rescuers found the crashed Superjet's flight data recorder on Thursday, Russia's GRU military intelligence agency claimed that the most plausible cause of the crash was electronic sabotage by the US military.
American’s Bankruptcy Miracle
It has long been obvious that, short of a miraculous reduction in its labor and debt costs and an increase in revenue, American Airlines needed to restructure its costs in Chapter 11 like every other US legacy carrier had befor...
Delta’s Massive LaGuardia Airport Expansion Takes Off
Delta Air Lines this week launched the biggest expansion by any single airline at New York's LaGuardia Airport in 40 years, launching flights to 12 new cities, with another 14 set to take off in June.
The Logbook: Get In Trouble? Blame the Captain!
In today's daily digest, the co-pilot in the Northwest overfly incident is casting blame on the Captain he flew with for missing their destination. Also, CanJet receives a true air taxi, Captain Sully auctions off his hat, Silv...