Gallery: Alaska Airlines Paint The Plane Winners
August 3rd in Aviation History: America’s Air Traffic Controllers Strike
Today we look back at the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Strike and mourn the worst accident ever involving a Boeing 707.
Why Can’t Airlines Just Add Extra Room?
I recently saw a comment that referenced a seat being too small. “If planes were just one foot wider, seats could be as wide as first class. Would that kill Boeing or Airbus?”
British Airways Discriminated Against Flight Attendant Who Wore Cross, Court Rules
A British Airways employee suffered discrimination at work over the wearing of a cross, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.
Volcanic Ash Forces Unprecedented Airspace Shutdown in Europe
Much of Europe's airspace is closed until further notice due to a massive cloud of dangerous ash spreading southeastward from a volcano in Iceland.
Today in Aviation History: February 20th
A British Airways 747 loses an engine after taking off from LAX but continues to London anyway, TWA retires its last 747, Piedmont dumps their last DC-3 in 1962, and more...