- U.N. Plane Crashes in Congo Killing 32[Apr. 04, 2011]
A United Nations plane crashed while trying to land at the airport serving Congo's capital Kinshasa on Monday, killing 32 people, U.N. officials said. One person aboard survived.
- Chicago Establishes Sister Airport Partnerships[Apr. 05, 2011]
Chicago has new connections to China and South Korea.
- Boeing Urges 737 Checks After Southwest Incident[Apr. 05, 2011]
Boeing Co. urged airlines operating some of its most-flown models of its best-selling 737 passenger jet to check for metal fatigue after a cabin hole caused a Southwest Airlines safety scare.
- Airport Runway in DRC "in Very Poor Condition"[Apr. 05, 2011]
The runway at a Kinshasa airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where a plane crashed on Tuesday is reportedly in a very poor condition.
- O'Farrell Calls for High-Speed Trains Instead of Second Sydney Airport[Apr. 06, 2011]
If the federal government gets around to nominating and building a second airport for Sydney, the achievement would fly in the face of more than 60 years of botched plans and broken promises.
- FAA to Mandate Safety Inspections for Certain 737 Classics[Apr. 05, 2011]
U.S. FAA will issue an emergency directive Tuesday that will require operators of "specific" Boeing 737-300/400/500 series aircraft to conduct initial and repetitive electromagnetic inspections for fatigue damage following Friday's midair rupture of the fuselage skin on Southwest Airline Flight 812.
- House Passes FAA Reauthorization Bill; Negotiations with Senate Next[Apr. 04, 2011]
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a four-year, US$59.7 billion FAA reauthorization bill by a 223-196 vote, setting the stage for negotiations with the Senate to attempt to craft a final bill that could pass both chambers of Congress and be signed into law by President Barack Obama.
- NTSB: Cracks Found in 3 Grounded Southwest Planes[Apr. 03, 2011]
Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in three more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to those suspected of causing a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, a federal investigator said Sunday.
- Air France Crash Wreckage Found in Atlantic, Boosting Probe[Apr. 04, 2011]
Wreckage from the 2009 Air France crash was located in the South Atlantic Ocean, stoking optimism that investigators may be able to determine the cause of the disaster that killed 228 people.
- Airline Staff in Euro Fraud[Apr. 01, 2011]
German investigators have raided the Bundesbank and offices of national airline Lufthansa in what is described as the biggest euro-fraud since the currency was introduced.