Commercial Aircraft News

MOSCOW/STAVROPOL, May 18 Moscow's Vnukovo Airport was temporarily closed on Saturday morning after a plane carrying about 140 people from the southern Russian city of Stavropol caught fire upon landing, a law enforcement source said.

Poland's troubled state-owned airline LOT received its third Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeing's resurgent 787 Dreamliner.

Hop on an Emirates flight in Dubai and get up to cruising altitude. You realize you forgot to tell your assistant to make some crucial plans when you arrive at your destination.

Described as being the new hope of the African aviation industry, this 20 year-old has always dreamt of becoming a pilot.

Bibimbap, the signature Korean dish, was prepared during a special stirring ceremony performed by American Airlines' VP DFW, Art Pappas; Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Dong Chan Kim; American Airlines' VP Global Sales, Derek DeCross; DFW's CEO Jeff Fegan, and Captain John Hale.

If I asked you to ponder the most pucker-inducing aspect of instrument flying, what would come to mind? An icing encounter? Circumventing imbedded thunderstorms? Hand flying that approach to minimums? An instrument failure? Those are all good answers, but for me the one that takes the cake is a low-visibility circle-to-land maneuver to an ... (more)

A Brazilian pop star who calls himself Latino has put TAM Airlines in the hot seat after he was allegedly invited to sit in the captain's chair during a cross-country flight from .

From October the airline will use an A380 to fly the daily Auckland-Brisbane-Dubai service replacing the smaller Boeing 777-300. Auckland will from October become the first airport outside Emirates' Dubai hub to have three Airbus A380 aircraft on the ground at one time when the double-decker aircraft is introduced.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Meilan Airport in Haikou, Hainan province. Several Boeing 787 Dreamliners will arrive at Chinese airlines before June and China Southern Airlines Co Ltd and Hainan Airlines Co Ltd will be the first Chinese customers to get 787 Dreamliners.

A new loading bay so wings for Airbus aircraft can still be loaded onto cargo planes in strong winds have been backed by Flintshire council.

Mercedes-Benz is heralding its latest-generation S class as a flagship that will set new benchmarks for luxury sedans with its packaging of technology, safety gear and opulence.

A preliminary investigation report into last month's Lion Air crash into the sea off Bali has called on the budget carrier to implement several safety and pilot training recommendations.

In a few hours, Mercedes Benz will officially unveil the all new S Class sedan. The venue for the event, is the Airbus A380 delivery center in Hamburg, Germany.

Fix Caribbean Airlines Ltd first. That was the mandate from Finance Minister Larry Howai yesterday after he announced CAL's bottom line has crashed to an approximate US$110 million loss according to 2012 unaudited figures.

Low-cost airline EasyJet roughly halved its losses in the first half, helped by Easter falling earlier than a year ago and strong bookings from customers wanting to escape recent cold weather in Britain and Northern Europe.

Southwest Airlines Co. is delaying delivery of new airplanes and filling the gap with used planes to reduce spending over the next five years.

If your summer travel budget is feeling a little skimpy at the moment, then indulge your fantasies for a minute and imagine you've got $100K to blow on your upcoming vacation.

Airnorth's Michael Bridge with an Embraer jet _ a new one has just joined his fleet.

BNN 's Upgrades & Downgrades last week reported that SociA©tA© GA©nA©rale had upgraded Boeing to a price target of $94 . I smirked at that, having followed the company since the 787 Dreamliner was grounded earlier in January.