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Nok Air, a leading low cost airline based in Thailand, stranded hundreds of passengers last Sunday when the airline's pilots went on strike. The pilots walked off the job as the airline boosted its auditing standards to comply with the European…
Virgin Galactic has revealed its new SpaceShipTwo at a hanger in the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The new SpaceShipTwo replaces the rocket ship that broke apart over the Mojave Desert almost 16 months ago, killing 1 of its 2 pilots. SpaceShipTwo is…
Sikorsky and Boeing are rumored to be just weeks away from finalizing the design review of their new high-speed SB-1 Defiant prototype. The helicopter is competing with the Bell V-280 for the US Army’s new…
Newport Beach to study alternate takeoff patterns for the John Wayne Airport in Orange County. The city wants to study the idea, as new flight plans proposed by the FAA could concentrate air traffic over the local neighborhoods. The plan would have…
Saudi Arabian Airlines 747 in the boneyard. On a recent drive to Ruidoso, I made a very short detour at Roswell to snap a few shots of their boneyard. The boneyard is where old aircraft…
Dornier Seawings production of the Seastar begins. While searching the internet last night for signs of a rumored re-launch of the Dornier 328Jet, I came across something much more interesting. A company called Dornier Seawings has begun production…
Norwegian Air Shuttle reportedly is considering spinning off its aircraft leasing unit. The news comes as newer jets begin arriving from Boeing and Airbus. The European discount air carrier currently has orders for 100 Airbus A320neo and 100 Boeing 737…
Tokyo Haneda Airport has been opened up with a new U.S. and Japan agreement on slots at the close in airport. The agreement is for 12 slots a day connecting the downtown Tokyo Airport with the United States to…
Spirit AeroSystems has hired an executive from GE. The position filled had been vacant for more than 2 years before the company hired Tom Gentile as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer. Gentile comes to…
Israeli antitrust investigators raid El Al offices. Israel's El Al Airlines has stated that Antitrust Authority investigators raided the offices of its charter airline subsidiary called Sun D'Or on February 16th, 2016. Investigators seized documents and…
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