Airbus today won a Northrop Grumman-backed bid to supply a new fleet of tankers to the US Air Force in a massive defeat for incumbent supplier Boeing.

Austrian Airlines Group is to offer a special onboard voting service to its passengers during Lower Austria’s forthcoming regional elections. Passengers…

American Airlines is investigating an incident yesterday during which the engine on one of its Boeing 777-200ERs apparently failed to respond to throttle commands for several seconds during approach to Los Angeles.
The incident involved American’s flight AA299 from Miami and occurred at a height of around 2,000ft as the aircraft was descending to Los […]

Boeing has announced the 787 aircraft’s composite fuselage barrel completed ultimate load testing, a key milestone on the path toward first flight.
The Chicago-based airframer’s engineers are now inspecting a barrel section that endured a “destruct-condition maneuver” beyond two and half times the force of gravity.
The engineering team is now analyzing test results, […]

PIC CREDIT: JOE WALKER Delta Air Lines has taken delivery of its first of eight Boeing…