RICHMOND, BC – At 10:43 this morning Richmond RCMP received information of a bomb threat on a Cathay Pacific flight. (more…)

SEATTLE, WA – Boeing and two All Nippon Airways pilots flew the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time Wednesday. The airplane they flew is the first of six flight-test airplanes. The two-hour-and-40-minute flight took place over Washington state. (more…)

Piqua, Ohio – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries to supply its in-development KC-100 aircraft with Hartzell’s proprietary technology ASC-II propellers, as well as its S-Series propeller governors. (more…)

CALGARY, AB – WestJet and Cathay Pacific today launched an inbound interline agreement to connect Cathay Pacific guests into WestJet’s Canadian network. (more…)

HALIFAX – Jazz Air announced today that it is expanding its charter fleet with the addition of a CRJ-200 regional jet. The addition of the CRJ to the Charter fleet will bring to five the number of aircraft that Jazz has available for ad hoc private charter work. (more…)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past March that was higher than the same month last year and the rate posted in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation. (more…)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing to award four routes to Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport to American Airlines at New York, Delta Air Lines at Los Angeles and Detroit, and Hawaiian Airlines at Honolulu when the airport’s fourth runway becomes operational later this year. (more…)

EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing today announced it began assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental at the factory in Everett, Wash. Late this week, mechanics took the first step in major assembly for the new airplane by loading its wing panels and spars in the assembly tools. (more…)

NORWALK, Conn., and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, – Southern Air Inc. and Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) announced today that they have entered into a multi-year, multi-aircraft wet lease agreement. (more…)