Hawaiian Airlines Celebrates 80 Years of Continuous Service for Hawaii

Hawaiian Airlines has celebrated its 80th anniversary of continuous service for Hawaii.

450 Pilgrims Leave Niger for Saudi Arabia

Some 450 Nigerien representing the first convoy of pilgrims, left Niamey early Monday for Saudi Arabia on board a Boeing of Alwafeer airline chattered by Nigerien company, Sahel Airlines. Some 9,070 pilgrims out of the 9,500 allowed by Saudi Arabia registered...

Exercise Mountain Dragon Helping Troops Train to Fight the Taleban

Military personnel and industry partners are using pioneering technology to train Armed Forces personnel for fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan from a hangar at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. RAF Tornado aircrew from II (AC) Squadron based at RAF Marham...

SpaceX Successfully Completes First Stage Falcon 9 Engine Rocket Firing

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

Boeing 737-200 Temporarily Banned in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz aviation has banned the use of Boeing 737-200 aircraft. On October 10 a decree was issued by the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) of Kyrgyzstan. This decision was taken due to more frequent problems in Boeing 737-200 aircraft engines, registered...

New Support Contract Signed for British Army Apache Attack Helicopters Operating in Afghanistan

The Army Apache attack helicopters operating in Afghanistan will benefit from a £439m contract that will further improve their technical, engineering and logistic support, the MoD announced today. The new Integrated Operation Support (IOS) contract awarded...

RAF Chinook Helicopters Operating in Afghanistan to Receive More Powerful Engines And More Advanced, Digitized Cockpits

RAF Chinook helicopters operating in Afghanistan are to receive a £408m upgrade to deliver more powerful engines and more advanced, digitized cockpits. This upgrade will include a £128m contract which will give the whole Chinook fleet a significant...

Discovery Space Shuttle Set to Return to Florida

After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California last week, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its cross-country journey back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

First Flight of the 787 Dreamliner is Expected By the End of 2009

The Boeing Company has announced that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner is expected by the end of 2009 and first delivery is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010.