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Oct 30, 2015
The U.S. may be behind Europe in deploying remote tower technologies, but momentum is building based on incubator projects at general aviation airports.
Oct 29, 2015
Although its first revenue flight occurred almost a decade later than originally planned, 171 A380s are in service today.
Oct 27, 2015
GE Aviation assembled the 1,000th GEnx™ engine, just a mere five years after the first production engine was built at GE’s Durham, North Carolina, facility.
Oct 27, 2015
There has been no methodical effort to assess the actual risks UAS present to other air traffic.
Oct 27, 2015
The delivery of next-generation narrowbody aircraft will bring more flexibility to Hawaiian’s fleet and network plans.
Oct 27, 2015
American Airlines President Scott Kirby: “Anytime we are competing . . . nonstop-to-nonstop, we’re going to compete and match [other carriers'] prices.”
Oct 27, 2015
An analysis of the world airline fleet shows reductions in fuel burn are falling short of ICAO's goals of 2% per year.
Oct 26, 2015
Turbofan surprises testers and survives first controlled on-wing test of volcanic ash ingestion, providing data on what happens inside a jet engine flying though an ash cloud.