- No Success in Searching for Missing Indonesian Plane's Body[Jan. 13, 2007]
The massive search and rescue (SAR) efforts initiated since the disappearance of Indonesia's Adam Air passenger plane on Jan. 1 have not got any result in the location of the aircraft's body, the SAR Mission's coordinator, Air Commodore Eddy Suyanto, said on January 13.
- Small Jet Crashes in California, Killing Two[Jan. 13, 2007]
Two people were killed when a small business jet crashed while taking off from Van Nuys Airport near Los Angeles, California, on January 12, U.S. federal officials said.
- Boeing Closer to Assembling First 787 Dreamliner[Jan. 12, 2007]
- Indonesia Finds Wreckage of Missing Plane[Jan. 12, 2007]
Pieces of an Indonesian airliner that vanished with 102 people on board have been found strewn in the ocean, officials said on January 11, after a painstaking 10-day search from jungles to stormy seas.
- ANA to Launch 'BusinessJet' Service[Dec. 25, 2006]
To better serve the needs of the international business traveller, ANA will launch a new service called ANA BusinessJet when it takes delivery of the world's first Boeing 737-700ER.
- Top Low Cost Carriers 'to Form Budget Alliance'[Jan. 01, 2007]
Three of the world's best known budget airlines, including Richard Branson's Virgin, will form a Malaysia-based alliance to fly long-distance routes for cut-rate fares, a news report said.
- 30 Killed in Cargo Plane Crash in Iraq[Jan. 10, 2007]
On January 9, a cargo plane carrying Turkish workers crashed during landing at an airport near Baghdad, killing 30 people and injuring two, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
- First Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER Rolls Out of Factory[Jan. 04, 2007]
The first Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range) completed final assembly and rolled out of the Renton, Wash., manufacturing facility Jan. 2. The airplane receives a painted livery and goes through preflight testing before delivery to launch customer ANA (All Nippon Airways) in early 2007.
- Rolls-Royce Considers to Move Manufacturing Sites Offshore[Jan. 08, 2007]
Rolls-Royce Group Plc, Europe's biggest aircraft-engine maker, is considering moving large parts of its manufacturing sites to Asia, London's Sunday Telegraph reported.
- Air China, Delta Planes Clip on Taxiway at New York Airport[Jan. 06, 2007]
The left wing of an Air China plane backing out of a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport clipped the tail of a Delta plane on the taxiway, but no one was injured, authorities said.