Commercial Aircraft News

No longer grounded for safety concerns, Boeing's embattled 787 Dreamliner now has a few things to prove.

The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.

United Airlines will resume flights Monday on the Boeing 787, also known as the Dreamliner.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, flight WN-3048 from Boston,MA to St. Louis,MO , was enroute at FL380 about 100nm northeast of Baltimore,MD when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were released.

Moscow, May 19 : A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said.

RESIDENTS in Hixon have lost their bid for a judicial review into a controversial planning decision - leaving the parish council with a bill running into thousands.

Boeing has delivered a 777-300ER extended range plane to Saudi Arabian Airlines , marking the latest milestone in its longstanding relationship with the airline and the kingdom.

The Jet Airways Airbus A330-200 that brought the Gupta family members and guests to the Waterkloof Air Force Base is seen moments before taking off.Picture: Phill Magakoe President Jacob Zuma has tacitly defended the landing of the Gupta chartered jet by bizarrely insisting that the Waterkloof Air Force Base is not a national key point.

At 6:15 a.m., May 17, a Boeing 737-400 Alaska Cargo Combi arrived at Sea-Tac Airport with much fanfare to unload 24,000 pounds of recently-caught Copper River king and sockeye salmon via processors, Ocean Beauty, Trident, and Copper River seafoods.

Firefighters sprayed foam on Piedmont Airlines Flight 4560, operating for US Airways, after it made an emergency belly landing around 1 a.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport.

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.

Various aircraft manufacturers from around the world descend on either England or France each summer to promote and sell their planes.

The National Airline History Museum in Kansas City is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel.

The Irish AAIU released their final report concluding the probable cause of the accident was: Excessive approach speed and inadequate control of aircraft pitch during a crosswind landing in very blustery conditions.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHU performing flight JJ-3081 from Recife,PE to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ , was enroute when a passenger, a well known Brasilian singer, was invited to take the captain's seat and posed in the seat to fly the aircraft, that was on autopilot at that time with the first officer in his seat.

Indonesia's NTSC released their preliminary report confirming the aircraft was PK-LKS, MSN 38728, which had formerly been registered with Malindo Air under registration 9M-LNB and had first flown on Feb 5th 2013 and been delivered on Feb 19th 2013.

A Boeing 787 takes off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Nov.

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.