...with one packed plane forced to make an unscheduled landing because it had no working lavatory. Toilets on the Hong Kong airline's Airbus A330 and A340 planes have been blocked in three separate incidents over the past 11 days, Cathay...

In this article: Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, Waste, South China Morning Post, Airbus A330, Airbus, Dubai, and Mumbai

...The Financial Times said. ROLLS ROYCE <RR.L> Rolls Royce is facing the consequences of the possible cancellation of 20 Airbus A330 aircraft ordered by Gulf Air , as the airline strives to save $2.65 billion over the next five years,...

In this article: UK, Financial Times, National Express, Gulf Air, Daily Telegraph, RIO Tinto, Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, and Asia

...on fair terms, The Financial Times said. ROLLS ROYCE <RR.L> Rolls Royce is facing the consequences of the cancellation of 20 Airbus A320 aircraft ordered by Gulf Air , as the airline strives to save $2.65 billion over the next five...

In this article: Financial Times, National Express, Daily Telegraph, RIO Tinto, Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, UK, Asia, and London

Originally published November 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM | Page modified November 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM Biofuel used on Boeing 747 flight Air France-KLM successfully uses 50 percent biofuel mix in one engine during demonstration flight in the...

In this article: Biofuel, Boeing 747, Air France-KLM, Jet fuel, Air New Zealand, KLM, Air Japan, Continental Airlines, and Netherlands

Story updated at 12:15 AM on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 Boxes are prepared for shipment Tuesday near one of the last remaining P-3 Orion planes sitting in a hangar at the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. PAT...

In this article: Maine, Brunswick Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, P-3 Orion, World War II, and Brunswick, Maine

[ID:nN17335530] Japan has also been following moves in the U.S. Congress aimed at extending production of Lockheed's radar-evading F-22 Raptor fighter, widely considered the most advanced fighter plane in use today. Foreign sales of the...

In this article: Lockheed, Japan, F-22, F-22 Raptor, Australia, U.S., and Israel

...base closes for good by May 2011. Activity on the sprawling coastal base has been winding down over the past year since the first P-3 Orion squadron departed. Once there were 4,000 sailors, but the number has dwindled to roughly 500. After...

In this article: World War II, Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine, Florida, Recession, and P-3 Orion

...helicopters, which can carry up to 25 people, is expected to be scrapped. Instead, the Ministry of Defence will order up to 30 Chinooks , the helicopter that has been heavily deployed in Afghanistan , from Boeing. These will be...

In this article: Chinook, Afghanistan, British troops, House of Lords, Bob Ainsworth, and Boeing

... P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station. AP Photo In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 photo, one of the last remaining P-3 Orion planes heads for a landing at the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. The last...

In this article: Brunswick Naval Air Station, P-3 Orion, World War II, Florida, and Maine

...777, entered service this month. The airline will install the flat-bed seats on all its Boeing 777 , 757-200 and 767-400 aircraft, and on its Boeing 787 fleet as those aircraft are delivered to Continental. Continental Airlines is the...

In this article: Continental Airlines, Boeing 777, 757-200, Boeing 787, Star Alliance, Continental Connection, and NYSE

...Martin [ NYSE : LMT ] and U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officials marked the delivery of the first CBP set of new production P-3 Orion wings from the company s Marietta, Ga., production facility today. The new production wings are the...

In this article: Lockheed Martin, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, P-3 Orion, Martin, U.S. Navy, and NYSE

In this article: A330-200, Nepal, Customer, Europe, Competitive advantage, Airbus A320, and Airbus

...said Sunday that the book, "Fly By Wire," by William Langewiesche (lang-a-VEE'-sha) greatly overstates how much it mattered" that the Airbus A320 featured an automated cockpit. Sullenberger ditched US Airways Flight 1549 on Jan. 15...

In this article: Hudson River, Chesley Sullenberger, US Airways Flight 1549, Airbus A320, NEW YORK, and The New York Times

...system tests with the engines running. Then the pilots will do a series of taxi tests leading up to first flight. With the 787 Dreamliner now expected to fly before Christmas , Boeing is looking to the 747-8 first flight for an...

In this article: Boeing, Boeing 747, Everett, Paine Field, 787 Dreamliner, Cargolux, and Luxembourg

WASHINGTON -- A Congressional delegation from Virginia is asking the Air Force for a briefing on the future basing for the F-22 Raptor fleet. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner joined Reps. Glenn Nye , Bobby Scott and Rob Wittman in a letter to...

In this article: F-22 Raptor, Virginia, F-22, Rob Wittman, Mark Warner, Jim Webb, Langley Air Force Base, and Washington

Wing Commander Jack Rose , who has died aged 92, flew Hurricane fighters during the brief but hectic days of the Battle of France and returned to be shot down during the Battle of Britain. After the war he had a distinguished career with the...

In this article: RAF, Battle of Britain, Messerschmitt Bf 109, London, Tax, Battle of France, Heinkel 111, Hurricane fighters, and Messerschmitt Bf 110

...startled by a couple of loud military helicopters swooping around high-rise buildings, don't worry. Los Angeles police said the Black Hawk helicopters will be part of a flight training mission taking place after 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday in...

In this article: Black Hawk helicopters, Manhattan, The White House, New York City, Los Angeles, and New Jersey

...turmoil in the global cargo market. The EADS <EAD.PA> unit said on Wednesday it would fly the first cargo version of its mid-sized A330-200 passenger plane at its Toulouse headquarters on Thursday, barring poor weather. Air freight...

In this article: Airbus, Etihad Airways, Boeing 777, Boeing, A330-200, Flyington Freighters, Air France, and EADS