Air China Orders 20 New Airbus A330s and A350s
Beijing-based Air China on Thursday announced that it will buy 20 Airbus planes for $4.49 billion.
The Logbook
In today's daily digest, great snaps of the Aeroflot A330 in SkyTeam colors, Mexicana joins one world, a funny complaint letter to Richard Branson, a Kingfisher ATR-72 overruns a runway, United suspends a drunken pilot and more.
Malaysia Airlines to Suspend Kuala Lumpur-Stockholm-New York Route
Malaysia Airlines will discontinue service on their KUL-ARN-EWR route in October.
Boeing 787 Completes Stall Tests and Fatigue Testing Airframe Update
An update on the almost 60 stalls tests and the coming airframe fatigue tests that are bringing the composite Boeing 787 closer and closer to its first revenue flight.
Three Chinese Plane Hijackers Sentenced To Death
Three men who attempted to hijack a Tianjin Airlines jet in northwestern China in June were sentenced to death on Tuesday.