Thousands of stuck holiday travelers are just the beginning: Airlines’ new policy of pre-emptively canceling flights to avoid snowstorms is lowering their losses, but will likely leave many more passengers without a flight home…
Qantas, the Australian airline with a fatality-free flying record, suffered another flight mishap Monday. The latest problem was with an Argentina-bound Boeing 747 that experienced smoke in its cockpit an hour after takeoff.
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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…
The U.S. State Department says it will sell as much as $60 billion worth of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia over the next two decades in an attempt to protect the Middle East against the threat of Iranian military expansion. …
Russia will buy 50 new Boeing (BA) 737 Next Generation airliners in a deal worth $3.7 billion.
Russian Technologies, a state-owned company that manages the government’s stakes in 12 regional airlines, will buy the aircraft, The Associated Press said….