WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is increasing the safety of winter flying by prohibiting takeoffs with “polished frost” — frost buffed to make it smooth — on the wings, stabilizers and control surfaces of several classes of aircraft. (more…)

MONTREAL – Air Canada inaugurates today daily non-stop service between Montreal and Houston, further enhancing connection and routing possibilities for customers through both Montreal and the Texas hub of its new Star Alliance partner, Continental Airlines. (more…)

Shortly after 4 pm this afternoon, a float plane operated by Seair Seaplanes, crashed into the waters of Lyall Harbour, off Saturna Island. (more…)

This video, sent in by one of our readers, shows a Boeing 747 that gets struck by lightning shortly after takeoff. (more…)

The National Transportation Safety Board will dispatch a team of investigators to assist the government of China in its investigation of today’s crash of a Boeing/McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, operated by Avient Air (registration Z-BAV). (more…)

SHANGHAI — A cargo plane crashed as it took off from Shanghai’s main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board after it veered off the runway and burst into flames. (more…)

RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN, New South Wales – The Boeing Company today delivered the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (more…)

QUEBEC – Today, in the wake of improvements to airline services at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport and in accordance with the trend of previous years, Porter Airlines begins its new schedule offering three daily return flights to Toronto’s downtown Airport. (more…)

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Bombardier confirmed today that the current economic and airline industry environments continue to make it difficult to gain new aircraft orders, particularly for the CRJ aircraft family. (more…)

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Gulfstream Aerospace today announced that its newest business jet and the flagship of its fleet, the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650, successfully completed its first flight. (more…)