Commercial Aircraft News

New Delhi: Air India on Wednesday filed a contempt petition against striking pilots in the Delhi High Court on grounds that the agitators have failed to comply with its previous order restraining them from undertaking the stir.

Delta Air Lines is adding a new plane to its fleet. It's taking the Boeing 717s that Southwest Airlines got when it bought AirTran.

Passengers de-plane a trans-atlantic flight originating in France on the tarmac at Bangor International Airport, in Bangor, Maine, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

The first Boeing 787 made in South Carolina goes up for a test flight this week.

United Airlines started selling tickets for its first 787 flights on Tuesday, saying it plans to start service between Denver and Tokyo on March 31.

An official says US Airways Flight 787 from Paris to Charlotte has been diverted to Maine because a French passenger exhibited suspicious behavior.

Delta Air Lines plans to add 88 Boeing 717s to its fleet, picking up planes that Southwest Airlines didn't want anymore.

A US Airways jet from Paris was diverted to Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday after a passenger showed "suspicious behavior" on the flight, federal authorities said.

A Qantas Boeing 747 flies past a 767 airplane with a newly unveiled Qantas logo on its tail at Sydney airport in this July 24, 2007 file photo.

Airbus Military has revealed the fifth Airbus A330 to be converted under the UK's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme will be modified at its Getafe site, near Madrid, and not by Cobham Aviation Services as previously planned.

The results of a more-than-year-long Senate investigation into counterfeit parts being used in U.S. military equipment were released Monday and -- as they had from the start -- investigators are putting most of the blame on China.

The aircraft was delivered to the South Korean air force base at Gimhae, where the type will be stationed, Boeing said in a statement.

United Airlines Flight 88 is a direct, 12.5 hour Beijing-PEK to Newark-EWR flight flown by a Boeing 777-200. Seatguru says that United's particular 777-200 configuration has 8 First Class Suites, 40 new Business class flatbed seats, and a 3-3-3 configuration in economy.

Airliners can be seriously damaged by lightning bolts that strike out of seemingly storm-free skies - yet all that most pilots have to warn them of lightning risk are weather radars that track precipitation, but not lightning.

A new post from MSNBC shows that 4,551 people were killed while on the job in the U.S. in 2009.

Budget airline Ryanair reported record profits Monday as its recession-resistant business model continued to attract passengers from higher-fare carriers amid Europe's debt crisis.

EADS and ST Aerospace have signed an agreement formalising their launch of an Airbus A330 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme.

A foundry operator at Precision Castparts pours an element into molten metal alloy to make it even hotter so that it will completely expand and grow into the mold.

Qantas has confirmed it will slash 500 engineering jobs and close its heavy maintenance base in Melbourne - one of three in Australia - by August as part of cost-cutting measures.

A confrontation early Wednesday morning that may have begun at a Pembroke Pines nightclub ended with one man dead and another injured in a Hollywood neighborhood, according to police.