Gallery: Alaska Airlines Paint The Plane Winners
Tiny Airports Take Off With Stimulus
The Federal Aviation Administration has now allocated all of its $1.1 billion in stimulus money for airport improvements. But the complex set of rules laid out in the recovery act has led to some counterintuitive results: The b...
Russia Orders Grounding of All Tupolev Tu-154B Jets Following Latest Deadly Accident
Following Saturday's Tu-154B passenger jet explosion in Siberia, Russia's transportation watchdog Rostransnadzor on Sunday recommended that all passenger jets of the same type be put out of service until the cause is determined.
In Possible Financing Move, British Airways Launches New Subsidiary to Operate Existing A318 Transatlantic Flights
Under a wet lease agreement with British Airways, the new company will operate BA's existing premium transatlantic Airbus A318 service between London City Airport and New York JFK.
On This Day in Aviation History: April 12th
A day of major space milestones: Russia Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the US launches the first Space Shuttle 20 years later. Also, a British Airways Concorde loses part of its rudder, the first passenger flig...
Omni Air Pilot Arrested After Seattle Carjacking
An Omni Air pilot was arrested Saturday night after carjacking a man in front of a Seattle hotel.