WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration has just issued an order that will officially ground all brand new Boeing 787 jetliners immediately.
Lupita Chuffovich, 27, spokesperson for the FAA stated that extremely stringent inspections...
A huge water bird returning from its midday feast had to make an emergency landing on Lake Windermere yesterday.
The flying duck panicked on its way back as it neared the landing area and started to flap its wings.
"It was flapping like mad,...
The Man of Steel, Superman, has been grounded amid rumours he is unfit to fly.
"Thanks to WikiLeaks," said Federal Aviation Authority spokesperson, Alex Luther, "we know now that Superman is short sighted, and he does not fly whilst using any visi...
You may think that flying a light aeroplane is something terribly complicated, and also quite difficult for the untrained novice to do. But in fact, it's actually much simpler than you may imagine. Use this 'cut out and keep' guide to enable you to pilot a light aircraft without the need for expensive flying lessons.
You will need:
1) Someone else's aeroplane. Choose a small one with only on...
Budget airline Flyinair have defended the £6 charge per passenger for all flights booked using a credit or debit card as fair, the sum simply covering the costs of booking flights.
'We have to write down the information from the credit or debit c...
BryanAir, the airline that gives you more for more, or less for less, depending on the starting point, is to introduce a step tax.
"The concept is very simple," said Ryan Heir, the chairman, spokesman and sometimes pilot of the low-cost, slow-coac...
Washington, DC U.S. President Obama has requested that NATO and the United Nations establish a no-fly zone over the United States to protect protesters from his fleet of drones that carry Hellfire missiles.
"In light of my recent drunken assassi...
Airbus unveiled the transparent plane we could all be flying around in, come 2050.
If you fancy a Disney World experience when you are flying, then Airbus is for you. The walls of the airplanes, by 2050 will be 'see through'.
These planes are...
The presenter of popular premium rate telephone number television programme "X-Factor", the suited and booted Dermot O'Leary, is suing RyanAir's Michael O'Leary as a result of the number of times he's been attacked by members of the public thinking h...
Controversial budget air carrier Ryanair has reported 374m euros (£325m) annual profit - 23 per cent up on last year.
The strong results, to the year ending March 31, were achieved in the face of cancellations due to volcanic ash, snow and strikes...
Despite warnings from the Civil Aviation Authority and the Met Office, Ryanair boss O'Leary flew an air craft right through the volcanic ash cloud and into the volcano itself, just before lunchtime today.
Before taking to the air he held a press c...
The Honk Kong based airline Cathay Pacific is facing financial ruin after its share value tanked in the wake of the news that pre tax profits for the year ending March 31st, 2011 had plunged by over 50%.
Global brand manager Wing Fen Song has been...
UK's Air Traffic Control system "NATS" is to be moved in its entirety to a back bedroom of a former bricklayer.
The offices will be moved from it's current base in Southampton to Derek O'Reilly's bedroom on the Isle of Mull.
In his weekly brief...
NEW YORK - At the United Nations Organisation Conference on Aviation, a new report has suggested that full-body airport scanners pose no risk to traveller safety.
It also found out that passengers pose even more of a risk.
The United States, Br...
Scientists from the University of California have advised that the radiation level from airport full body scanners pose no risk to travellers.
In fact, there is more exposure to radiation in cosmic rays when planes fly at their top altitude but ev...
An American Airlines stewardess was taken to hospital this week after a "turbulence related" incident on a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The Boeing 747 had just reached optimum cruising level when, according to the Health and Safety Executiv...
SYDNEY: Faded singer and part-time talent judge Brian McFadden is incensed at not being charged over a carefully planned incident on an international flight.
McFadden, also known as a constant handbag to Aussie singer Delta Goodrum,is a judge on A...
In the rush to avoid the intrusiveness of both the TSA scanners and pat downs at airports, people have begun to use overnight FedEx to send themselves, their families and their luggage to their destinations.
By using FedEx's newly promoted 250 pou...