Filed under: Photos, Airlines With the economy the way it is and companies across the board cutting back on luxury perks for its executives, it's probably a little surprising to learn that some airlines are nevertheless moving forward with plans to pimp out their orders of the much-anticipated, doub...

As US Air Captain Chesley Sullenberger III makes the media rounds, New York magazine wonders if the hero of Flight 1549 is "The Last of His Kind"--the experienced, unflappable pilot who can get handle any situation, including a ditching in the Hudson River. Over the course of 2,500 words, writer Rob...

Here's a crystal-clear video showing what happens when an airplane engine fan blade gets loose when you fire a chicken at 250 knots into a turbojet using a chicken gun. Result: (Contained) Boom.......

It looks like the Europervs got a bad case of penis envy: They are now working on a suborbital plane—in the image—similar to the SpaceShipTwo and a hypersonic passenger plane called SpaceLiner. The......

Here's a time-lapse video of the whole rescue operation of US Airways Airbus A320, down from the bottom of the Hudson river. I still can't believe the pilot was able to pull that one off....

If one were searching for an appropriate metaphor -- and, on days like this, one is always searching for a metaphor -- it would be hard to do better than US Airways Flight 1549 and its safe crash-landing in the Hudson River last week. This extraordinary event was, if you like, the anti-Sept. 11: A p...

Filed under: News Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer and largest competitor to Boeing, is reportedly working on an offer to provide the President with their A380 super jumbo to replace the outdated fleet of VC-25's currently being used. Of course, the whole thing is probably a great way to g...

I'm still marveling at the water landing made by the U.S. Air pilot in New York yesterday. An amazing number of things had to go right for that to work without serious injuries or fatalities, and they all did. The captain is getting a lot of well-earned praise: The pilots of US Airways Flight 1549 a...

Filed under: Business, Asia, Emirates, Airlines, News When your reputation is so bad that you have to make a bet that you'll meet production targets, as Airbus President Tom Enders did, you need to realize that your victory would be break-even for anyone else. The man with the poor track record scor...

Filed under: Airlines A few years ago, Etihad Airways was an upstart. Sure, it has grown at least 40% each year since its 2003 birth, but that trend can't be sustained with the economy the way it is now. Right? The Abu Dhabi-based carrier is adding destinations to its roster rapidly. New routes incl...