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...
Government Could Force End to Air Canada Strike, Warns Canadian Labor Minister
The government of Canada on Tuesday announced that it could end the Air Canada strike by Thursday if the airline and its employees on strike are unable to reach a new contract agreement.
When I’m Looking Up, He’s Looking Down
It goes without saying that anyone who loves aviation instinctively looks up to the sky when they hear a plane passing over. It doesn’t matter what kind of plane, any time I hear that whine of prop or the roar of a jet, I alw...
Pregnant Turtles Delay Air Traffic in New York
Pregnant turtles native to Jamaica Bay have once again emerged to nest on land, marching onto one of the runways at JFK International Airport and causing what one Twitter user called, "[the] cutest delay ever!"
On This Day in Aviation History: May 11th
ValuJet Flight 592 crashes in Florida, Charles Lindbergh sets his first record in the Spirit of St. Louis, first aircraft to cross the North Pole, new airplane speed record and more...