Departed Flights: 2009 in Review
An overview of airlines that started 2009 in the air, but will be greeting 2010 as a memory in airline history.
New British Airways London City (LCY) – New York (JFK) Club World Service Begins September 29th
British Airways will inaugurate their much anticipated—and somewhat controversial—"Business Plus" service between London City Airport and JFK Airport in New York on September 29th.
Alaska Airlines Orders 15 More Boeing 737s
Alaska Airlines on Tuesday announced it has placed an order with Boeing for 13 new 737-900ER aircraft and two 737-800s, valued at $1.3 billion based on list prices.
Boeing 707 Prototype Makes First Test Flight, First USSR-US Service Takes Off: July 15 in Aviation History
1916: A timber merchant named William E. Boeing and a US Navy engineer named George Conrad Westervelt form a new aircraft company called the Pacific Aero Products Company. A year later it would be renamed Boeing Airplane Compan...
NASA to Send Three Aircraft to Study Hurricanes
NASA will launch hurricane study program this summer using 1960s-era jets along with a modern UAV.