VIDEO: Solar Impulse Aircraft Takes Flight at Paris Air Show
The all-solar-powered aircraft that is expected to make the world's first around-the-world flight of its kind next year gave audiences at the Paris Air Show a 20-minute demo on Sunday.
PHOTOS: Fuel Gushes from Wing of Thomas Cook 757
A Thomas Cook 757 sprung a serious fuel leak while departing Turin, Italy, and photographer Paolo Migliavacca was there to catch it.
Kenya Airways to Lease Two Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft from GECAS
Kenya Airways announced Wednesday that it will acquire two new Boeing 777-300ER jets from GE Capital Aviation Services on a 12 year lease.
The Why, How and Where of Flight Diversions
While diversions do happen frequently, the decision to land a plane perhaps hundreds or thousands of miles from its destination is not taken lightly. A look at why planes divert and how pilots, dispatchers and managers choose w...
Air Traffic Up Substantially in 2010: UN Report
Passenger and freight air traffic grew substantially in 2010 as positive economic prospects worldwide overshadowed the depressed levels of 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, according to United Nations report.