Civil Aircraft News

GREENSBORO, N.C., U.S.A., May 20, 2013 - Honda Aircraft Company today announced that its fifth Federal Aviation Administration conforming HondaJet, equipped with a production interior matching the final customer aircraft, successfully completed its first flight on May 16, 2013 at the company's world headquarters in Greensboro, N.C. With this ... (more)

A Jetstar Airbus A321-200, registration VH-VWW performing flight JQ-947 from Cairns,QL to Melbourne,VI , was climbing out of Cairns' runway 33 when the crew reported a bird strike into the left hand engine, they wanted to return as a precaution, no assistance was needed.

Air China announced Friday it has ordered 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft worth $8.8 billion at list price, The Economic Times reports .

The airport in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna is open for business and has resumed its normal schedule, the management announced Saturday.

An Air VIA Airbus A320-200, registration LZ-MDR performing flight VL-502 from Leipzig to Varna with 172 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Varna's runway 09 at 10:19L but overran the end of the runway, broke through the localizer antenna and came to a stop about 220 meters past the runway end just inside the airport perimeter fence.

The additional aircraft would be mainly for the market in India, where it expects its new affiliate, AirAsia India, to launch in the fourth quarter.

The first search by federal agents in tan jumpsuits was comparatively unobtrusive, a brief delay in Oklahoma that all but passed from Gabriel Silverstein's mind by the time he landed in Iowa City four days later, on May 5. That fuel stop, one of many made during a business trip from New Jersey to California and back in the Cirrus SR22 that ... (more)

A British Airways flight from London to Oslo made an emergency landing at Heathrow airport Friday morning after a fire broke out shortly after takeoff.

BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at about 09:00 BST.

A British Airways plane made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday morning after developing a technical fault, the airline said.

Heathrow said that all passengers and crew had been safely evacuated from the plane following the incident at about 9am on Friday.

A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in an engine.

Wang Jianlin , founder and chairman of closely held Wanda Group and one of the richest men in China, knows how to pack a visitor's itinerary.

An Aviatrans Airbus A320-200, flight KI-4412 from Heraklion to Kiev with 162 people on board, was climbing out of Heraklion when the crew reported engine trouble and decided to return to Heraklion for a safe landing.

In her press conference today she called on the President to put politics aside and demand accountability from his staff and do his job.

A Gering man is behind bars after allegedly sending lewd text messages to young teenage girls.

With acts of violence mounting in the border town of Whiteclay Jessica Leicht took a trip to the epicenter of it all, to see what's fueling the protesters fire.

Bombardier will add engine services, interior refurbishment and aircraft cleaning and detailing services to its already comprehensive line and heavy maintenance offering for Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets.

In the first quarter of 2013, Dan Loeb seemed to be B/E Aerospace Inc bullish on the aerospace & defense industry as well as the jewelry retail industry.

BUDGET airline Jetstar is launching a daily service between Adelaide and Darwin, adding an extra 1080 seats a week between the cities.