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Runaway airport van goes rogue, striking a parked JetBlue plane

A driverless van rolled away and struck a parked JetBlue plane early Friday morning at Boston's Logan International Airport. Shortly after passengers boarded a 6 a.m. flight to Tampa, Florida, a nearby van went rogue, causing damage to the aircraft. There were no injures on board, according to JetBlue. According to reports, it was either a fuel van or a delivery van. Passenger Chaz...

Airbus Has a Sweet Home for U.S. A320 Production

Airbus’s U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, opened last September, could augur well for increased production in Southeast Asia. A320-family airliners are already assembled in Tianjin, China. The U.S. facility rounds out the manufacturer’s production strategy for its high-selling A320 family of aircraft:“building close to its custome...

Boeing is Oversold

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) presently has a stellar rank, in the top 10% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is am...

Flight attendant mistakenly informs man of 'armed passengers' aboard plane

A note identifying armed passengers on a flight from Chicago to Phoenix was mistakenly given to a customer. William Stratton was seated and ready for the Frontier Airlines jet's take-off on Sunday when a steward approached him, Fox 10 reported. “We were about to pull away from the gate, and the flight attendant said 'sir, here is the rest of your boarding pass, and handed me a...

Boeing is plunging after a report that the feds are investigating its accounting

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Boeing Commercial Airplanes' accounting practices with respect to the company's 787 Dreamliner and 747 jumbo jet programs. According to Bloomberg's Robert Schmidt, Julie Johnsson, and Matt Robinson, people with knowledge of the matter said the SEC was looking into Boeing's projections for the long-term profita...

An inside look at America's iconic B-2 Spirit Bomber

Air Force pilots of the 1980s-era stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber plan to upgrade and fly the aircraft on attack missions against enemy air defenses well into the 2050s, service officials said. “It is a dream to fly. It is so smooth,” Maj. Kent Mickelson, director of operations for 394th combat training squadron, told Scout Warrior in an interview. In a special interview design...

Congressman loses battle in war on shrinking airline seats

A congressional soldier fighting a war against shrinking airline seats lost a battle in the U.S. House Thursday. In a 26-33 vote, a House committee defeated legislation that would have mandated size standards for airline passenger seats. "I am disappointed," Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, said in a statement. "This was a vote against the safety and health of airline passengers.&q...

Southwest Airlines Gives Employees Record $620 Million In 2015 ProfitSharing

Southwest Airlines Co. announced it will share $620 million through its ProfitSharing Plan with its Employees for 2015—equaling approximately 15.6 percent of each eligible Employee’s eligible compensation, or the equivalent of eight weeks’ pay. This $620 million contribution—nearly $1.7 million a day—is the largest total dollar amount Southwest has ever allocated to P...

Boeing To Cut Jobs To Reduce Costs

Boeing will cut jobs at its commercial aircraft unit, a move that comes as the company is under intense pressure to lower costs to compete with Airbus. The decision was announced by Boeing commercial planes chief executive Ray Conner in an employee webcast after the company saw sales fall and profit margins narrow last year. Airbus won 57 percent of new aircraft orders booked by the two plan...

Bizjet Deliveries Inch Up, but GAMA Billings Dampened Last Year

Slumping piston and turboprop deliveries and a slight weakening in some pockets of the large-cabin business jet market combined to drive down industry billings last year, despite the boost new models gave to the midsize and light jet segment, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s latest aircraft shipment report.GAMA released its year-end industry results and outl...

U.S. Bizav Flying Off To a Roaring Start This Year

Business aviation flight activity in North America jumped by 3 percent last month versus a year ago and could climb much more steeply this month, according to data released yesterday by aviation services group Argus International. In fact, the firm is projecting a 9.1-percent year-over-year increase this month and a 5-percent rise during the first quarter, compared with the same three-month period...

Drone crashes into Empire State

The police report says drone crashed into the 4oth floor. And the man who crashed the drone into the famous building charged with crashing the drone. The man claims he asked an officer an officer told him it will be okay to fly there. There is no intel which drone was it, but Sean Nivin Riddle was charged with reckless endangerment and illegal navigation of an aircraft in and over the city. A...