The airline is adding capacity on routes with the most financial upswing

If Air France one day goes the way of Pan Am, its pilots will have to share the blame.

Through the ups and downs of its 30-year history, Virgin Atlantic Airways has been “amazingly successful” at establishing its brand, Chief Executive Craig Kreeger recently pointed out, although less successful at making money. The carrier’s highest profit was a pretax gain of £99 million ($162 million, at today’s rate) in 1999, Kreeger told The Wall Street Journal this month.

Aviation Week Senior Editor for Avionics and Safety John Croft samples the upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) techniques and aircraft used by the two main global providers, APS and Flight Research.

We discuss the Pratt & Whitney-powered A320neo first flight this week and what it means for the industry.

The Pilot Shortage may be a myth today but it will be a reality in 15 to 20 years.

Airbus's launch of the A320neo family on Dec. 1, 2010 shifted the commercial aircraft industry's attention from the widebody market and Boeing's travails with the 787 to the dramatic change underway in the narrowbody sector.

Today’s flight of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neo is the most significant milestone in the history of the single-aisle twin since the original CFM56-5 powered prototype flew for the first time in February 1987.