- U.S. Senate Passes FAA Funding Bill to End Impasse[Aug. 06, 2011]
The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a funding extension bill for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), ending a two-week partial shutdown of the agency and enabling tens of thousands of federal employees and construction workers to resume their work.
- Rolls-Royce to Switch Engine Plant to Germany - Instead of British Factory[Aug. 08, 2011]
Engine maker Rolls-Royce could build an aircraft testing plant abroad instead of at its British factory.
- Air Canada Flight Bound for Seoul Makes Abrupt Return to Vancouver[Aug. 06, 2011]
An Air Canada flight carrying 221 passengers bound for Seoul, South Korea made an abrupt return to Vancouver an hour into its flight.
- Airlines Now Complain of High Fuel Cost in T3, New Delhi[Aug. 07, 2011]
Air India now wants yet more money, like the prodigal son which keeps asking for money just to survive despite his drinking problem.
- U.S. to Provide US$30 Million for Kyrgyz ATC Upgrade[Aug. 06, 2011]
The U.S. Congress had approved US$30 million funding to help upgrade Kyrgyzstan's air traffic management system, the U.S. embassy in Bishkek said on Aug. 6.
- Pilots Union Says Qantas "Breached Duty of Care"[Aug. 04, 2011]
Qantas acted unlawfully, abandoned its duty of care and exposed one of its pilots to a potential breach of Chinese immigration law when it offloaded him and his son in Hong Kong over an industrial matter, the pilots' union says.
- Plane's Landing Gear Catches Fire at Chicago's O'Hare[Aug. 06, 2011]
An American Airlines flight arriving at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport deployed its emergency slides for passengers Friday afternoon after the landing gear and some tires caught fire, an FAA spokesman said.
- No Bomb Aboard Evacuated Philadelphia Flight[Aug. 06, 2011]
A US Airways plane with 157 passengers was evacuated during a stop in Philadelphia after a threatening note was received, but a search of the aircraft turned up no explosives, authorities have said.
- Strategic Airlines to End Townsville Flights[Aug. 05, 2011]
Strategic Airlines will pull out of the Townsville market in north Queensland by the end of the year.
- Small Plane Crash Kills 2 in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, U.S.[Aug. 05, 2011]
Two people were killed Thursday morning when their ultralight aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from a municipal airport near Wisconsin Dells in the United States, the Chicago Tribune reported.