Boeing, Air China Announce Order For Four Boeing 777-300ERs
Boeing and Air China on Monday announced an order for four 777-300ERs for $1.1 billion at current list prices.
Chinese Airline Considers Installing Hannibal Lecter-Style “Standing Seats”
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines wants to remove all the seats from its jets. The low-cost carrier has 13 Airbus A320s, but the lengthy wait for new aircraft is making it difficult to keep up with surging demand. A seatless plane...
Two Executives Shot Dead at Czech Turbolet Plane Factory
A gunman took several hostages at the Let Aircraft Industries factory in the southeastern Czech Republic on Thursday afternoon, killing two members of the Board of Directors, officials said. He then turned the gun on himself.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 14th
The crashes of Belvia Flight 1834 and Indian Airlines Flight 605, China’s Long March 3 rocket kills villagers in a launch accident, India receives its first Soviet-built fighters, the first GPS satellite launched and more.
Small Plane Crash in Moosehead Lake, Maine Kills 1
At least one person was killed on Sunday after a small plane crashed into Moosehead Lake in Maine, federal officials said.