Flight Update Pro App On Sale For $4.99
The highly-rated iOS app Flight Update Pro is on sale now for $4.99. The app, regularly $10, has not been priced this low for years. It has a 4+ star rating from reviewers, and is…
Category: Transportation News
Bombardier Finally Lands Another CSeries Order
Latvian carrier airBaltic has placed an order for an additional 30 Bombardier CS300 series aircraft. The deal was announced on May 28th, and includes an option for up to another 30 additional aircraft, with deliveries…
Singapore Airlines To Launch World’s Longest Flight
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd said it would launch the world's longest commercial flight in October, a near-19 hour non-stop journey from Singapore to the New York area. The 8,277 nautical mile (15,329 kilometre)…
Are Supersonic Flights Moving Closer to a Comeback?
The dream of traveling from coast to coast or across the ocean in a matter of hours is a real possibility, with the Federal Aviation Administration beginning work on updated regulations to accommodate a new…
Airbus Settles Sharklet Legal Fight With Aviation Partners
Seattle's Aviation Partners Inc. has settled a long-running patent infringement dispute with Airbus, which it accused of "willfully and maliciously misappropriating" its patented blended winglet technology. The fight began with dueling lawsuits in 2011 and…
United Airlines To Increase Service To Vail, Colorado
United Airlines is hot for Vail, and the Colorado ski resort evidently feels the same about the Chicago-based carrier. United said today it is expanding its seasonal service to Vail’s Eagle County Regional Airport to…
Boeing 737 Plane Crashes in Cuba
By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh HAVANA, May 19 (Reuters) - Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the…
Zunum Aero Signs JetSuite as Hybrid Jet Launch Customer
California regional charter airline JetSuite has signed a deal with Boeing-backed Zunum Aero to be the launch customer for Zunum's new hybrid electric airplane. JetSuite will get the first Zunum Aero airplane in 2022 and…
Airbus Losing Ground In United Jet Bid
By Tim Hepher and Alana Wise PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airbus's hopes of winning an immediate respite from slow sales of its A330neo jetliner with an order from United Airlines are dwindling, leaving a gap…
Was DB Cooper a Former Military Paratrooper?
The mysterious plane hijacker known as "D.B. Cooper," who has eluded authorities for more than 45 years, was an ex-military paratrooper from Michigan who boasted about the daring heist to a friend, a publisher plans…