Boeing to Pay $4 Million Fine for Inflating Price of B-1 Bomber System
The Boeing Company has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging that the company unlawfully inflated the price it charged the U.S. Air Force to manufacture a system for the B-1 bomber.
U.S. Travel Agencies Sell 11 Percent More Flights in First Quarter of 2011
The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 10.68 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of the year compared to 2010, which represents a 32 percent increase over the same ...
Southern California Plane Crash Kills Couple and Teenage Daughter
An Arizona couple and their teenage daughter were killed Saturday morning when their home-built Lancair went down in a nature preserve.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 29th
The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Florida Everglades in 1972, as well as the crashes of a Tarom AN-24 in 1974 and Turkish Airlines Flight 278 in 1994. In 1921, two men fly a plane over NY for over 26 hours.
United Plane Suffers Bird Strike Near Denver
A United Airlines jet hit a large bird near Denver on Tuesday.