ROME, ITALY – Alitalia, Italy’s leading airline, today joined the Air France-KLM Group and Delta Air Lines as a member of the airline industry’s leading trans-Atlantic joint venture. (more…)

GENEVA – The International Air Transport Association announced international scheduled traffic statistics for May which showed an 11.7% increase in passenger traffic and a 34.3% jump in freight demand compared to May 2009. (more…)

PENTICTON, BC – On Friday July 2nd, 2010, at 12:18, the Penticton RCMP was dispatched to a plane crash in the Apex Mtn area adjacent to the Apex Mtn Ski Resort, with both occupants walking away with bruises and no persons injured on the ground. (more…)

TORONTO, ON – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Deutsche Lufthansa AG of Germany has placed a firm order for eight CRJ900 NextGen regional jets. (more…)

SEATTLE, WA – Boeing has finalized an order with Air China, the flag carrier of the People’s Republic of China, for 20 Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners. (more…)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – ITA Software, Inc., a flight information software company, and Google Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Google to acquire ITA for $700 million in cash (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL – Delta Air Lines, Inc. today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to sell two of its wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries, Mesaba and Compass Airlines. (more…)

CHICAGO – Boeing praised the World Trade Organization’s final ruling that billions of dollars in European launch aid subsidies used by Airbus to develop its commercial airplanes are illegal and must end. (more…)

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing today announced the completion of firm configuration for the 787-9 Dreamliner. Boeing reached this milestone after years of collaboration with airline customers and partners to determine the optimal configuration for the new stretch version of the Dreamliner. (more…)