Tag Archives: flight
Air Canada flight attendant union calls $50M cuts ‘premature’
The union representing flight attendants at Air Canada says the airline acted too quickly in moving to cut costs by $50 million in the current quarter. Continue reading
Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said. Continue reading
Young Pilot Attempts Solo World Flight Record
Jack Wiegand, a 20-year-old student from California, is due to arrive in London today as part of his record-breaking solo flight. Continue reading
Virgin Galactic Has First Rocket Test Flight
Space tourism edges closer as Virgin hails its first rocket-powered test flight as “history in the making”. Continue reading
FAA: Air Traffic System System Soon at Full Operation
NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. Continue reading
Congress poised to end furloughs, flight delays
Congress may end the air traffic control furloughs that caused thousands of flight delays this week. Continue reading
Rogers: Barbecue in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (TheStreet) — I rose bleary-eyed at Germany’s Ramstein Air Base in the middle of the night, quickly gathered my belongings and staggered over the road to the shiny military passenger terminal. The last leg of my trip was finally underway as I boarded the Boeing C-17 to Kandahar Continue reading
First of two Boeing 787 test flights completed
NEW YORK – Boeing said on Monday that the first flight test of its reworked battery system for the 787 Dreamliner went “according to plan,” enabling it to move on to formal testing.The successful mission means Boeing can conduct a second flight test that will gather data for the Federal Aviation Administration, which must approve the new system before the 787 can be used for commercial service.Reg… Continue reading
Macklemore — I’ve Definitely SPANKED IT on Airplanes
Macklemore knows … Continue reading
