Airport Security Pat Downs: Too Much for Too Little

While the TSA argues that more aggressive security is necessary to find weapons or bombs under clothes and stop terrorists, travelers say they feel like they’re the ones being terrorized. Worse, the procedures fail to achieve t…

Skymark Airlines May Buy 15 A380s for International Flights

Japanese low-cost airline Skymark may buy as many as 15 Airbus A380s as it expands into international flights.

The planes would be delivered starting 2014 and would initially fly to destinations including London, Frankfurt and New York, Bloomberg New…

Rolls-Royce to Miss 2010 Profit Target After Qantas Incident

One week after one of its jet engines exploded in mid-air, Rolls-Royce said it will miss its profit target for 2010.

Rolls-Royce said that growth in underlying profit will be “slightly lower” than the expected 4% to 5%, Bloomberg News reported.

The…

Another Nightmare for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

After seven missed delivery deadlines for Boeing’s troublesome 787 Dreamliner, the company has run into another setback: In a test flight Tuesday, the electrical-equipment bay caught fire. Can the company turn the development n…