Sit back,Relax and Listen to the Tunes of Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner (www.youtube.com) 更多...
Intelsat S.A., one of the world’s leading providers of satellite services, announced on Friday that a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket successfully launched the company’s Intelsat 19 satellite from a mobile launch platform in the Pacific Ocean. (www.examiner.com) 更多...
Azul and Trip, both airlines operating in the brazilian domestic market, announced this week that they are set to marge, creating a new holding company called Azul Trip S.A. The two airlines will operate separately under the new holding company until regulatory approvals are obtained. At the time of the approvals, the holding company will consider consolidating the two brands but in reality Azul should be the chosen name. This announcement puts an end to TAM's plans to acquire Trip and create… (worldairlinenews.com) 更多...
A tail rudder from the fastest airplane in the world could be yours — for a cool $1 million. The seller didn't say if it was a spare part, or if it was once part of a functioning SR-71 Blackbird, which is an important distinction given the cost. (jalopnik.com) 更多...
Tomorrow morning starting 6AM to 7AM est. time ASTAR Air Cargo will fly its fleet of DC8 to the desert for the last time. You will be able to track them on Flight Aware under the call sign DHL. The jets served the company well as they travel around the world serveral time over. The jets have a abundant history on them carry allof kinds of things over the years such as all kind of animals, munintion/ aid for the military for serveral wars. We got to big hand and congratulation to the crews that… (www.alpa.org) 更多...
The airline says it will install Row 44's high-speed Internet and television system on its entire fleet of 20 Boeing 757s starting in the fourth quarter of 2012. (www.nycaviation.com) 更多...
Thai Airways International (TG) will press on with plans for an ultra low-cost carrier despite increasing concerns about growing capacity impacting the Thai aviation market. (atwonline.com) 更多...
A research study conducted by Hotelscheap.org found the Ten Must-Have Travel Apps, and FlightAware was ranked as the 3rd best Travel App. See the ranked list in a nicely wrapped Infographic here: http://new-york.hotelscheap.org/top-ten-travel-apps (new-york.hotelscheap.org) 更多...
Alaska Airlines announced today it will launch nonstop service between San Diego and Orlando, Fla., beginning Oct. 11, 2012. The carrier will fly between the two cities five times a week. (splash.alaskasworld.com) 更多...
Chinese airframer Comac will be the biggest threat to Boeing and Airbus and most likely to succeed in developing a program comparable to those offered by the duopoly, says Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (www.aviationweek.com) 更多...
Air New Zealand, the launch customer for Boeing’s larger 787-9 variant, says the aircraft appears to be on track for first delivery in the second quarter of 2014. (www.aviationweek.com) 更多...
Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed "severe storm sentinels" above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about hurricane formation and intensity changes. (www.aircraftpilots.com) 更多...
Singapore Airline's (SIA) newest budget airline, Scoot, has named its first two aircraft following a successful Facebook campaign. With some 10,000 submissions, Mr Campbell said: "The response was fantastic, and yielded a huge variety of potential names." (news.asiaone.com) 更多...
Verne Troyer Multitalented actor Verne Troyer has laughed off reports he was trapped in an airplane toilet for 20 minutes because he could not reach the door handle. (www.starpulse.com) 更多...
Alaska Airlines on Thursday unveiled its new "Aztec Plane," a Bombardier Q400 turboprop painted in the colors of the San Diego State University Aztecs. The 76-seat aircraft, which will fly for Alaska Airlines regional affiliate Horizon Air, is the ninth to be painted for a university located in an Alaska Airlines market. (www.aircraftpilots.com) 更多...
