New Spanish Airline Volotea to Launch Flights This April
An all-Boeing 717 carrier backed by some serious players seeks to make a dent in the European airline industry in just a few weeks.
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 ...
September 15th in Aviation History
The F-86 Sabre sets a world speed record, Wilbur Wright makes the first turn in an airplane, Nikita Khrushchev and a Tu-114 land at Andrews Air Force Base and more...
Anatomy of a Story: Why the ‘Airliner Hacking’ Claim is Bull
A recent claim in a Wired article has people fearing that control of their airliners can be taken over by a hacker. We explain why this is utterly ridiculous.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Finally Gets Off the Ground
Boeing today sent its new 787 Dreamliner on its maiden test flight, marking the first time a mostly composite airliner has taken to the air.