Check out Delta's new Canadian airliner that's trying to challenge Boeing and Airbus

In April, Bombardier Aerospace announced a mega order with Delta Air Lines for 75 of the company's C Series airliners in a deal worth up to $5.6 billion. Shortly after the deal's announcement, Bombardier flew one of its C Series demonstrators down to Delta's Atlanta headquarters for journalists and the airline's staff to get a closer look. (www.businessinsider.com) More...

World's longest flight is set to get longer thanks to this Airbus jet

The Ultra Long Range version of the A350 XWB - due to take on the world's longest flight - has successfully completed its first mission. (www.dailypost.co.uk) More...

Mega-jet A380 to begin daily stops at O'Hare

Chicagoans near O’Hare International Airport who spot an extra-large plane touching down there Friday night will start seeing a lot more of the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft. (www.yahoo.com) More...

Airbus’s New Plane Could Make It Much Cheaper to Fly to Europe

Airbus’s first A321LR aircraft completed its first transatlantic test flight from Paris Le Bourget to New York City's JFK earlier this year. It is the longest flight that the highly anticipated aircraft has completed so far. (www.travelandleisure.com) More...

The Latest: Lion Air jet had airspeed problem on 4 flights

The head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee, Soerjanto Tjahjono, says the "black box" data recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet shows its last four flights all had an airspeed indicator problem. (www.yahoo.com) More...

American Airlines' Tiny New Bathrooms Test Limits Of What U.S. Passengers Will Put Up With

25 seconds. 24 inches. Neither is very large in terms of time or space. But both are huge indicators of just what travelers from different cultures are and are not willing to endure. (www.forbes.com) More...

World’s First Electroluminescent Paint to Light up Skies on Airbus Jets

Darkside Scientific, creators of LumiLor Light Emitting Coating, is working with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to create electroluminescent exterior markings for aircraft. The announcement was made today. “This is an exciting new product that can turn surfaces into functional elements in an unconventional way” Tweet this LumiLor is the world’s first and only patented electroluminescent paint. The product allows manufacturers to design with light in ways previously impossible. It produces… (www.businesswire.com) More...

Video: Embraer to perform "Water Ingestion Test" for E195-E2

The test was carried out using a water pool installed on the runway. The crew progressively accelerated the aircraft toward the large basin of water. The test was performed in five different speeds between 80 to 140 knots. (airlinerwatch.com) More...

Boeing's 'Son of Blackbird' hypersonic strike aircraft could go five times the speed of sound

Boeing has finally unveiled a successor to the legendary Blackbird SR-71 spy plane, capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound. (www.foxnews.com) More...

American Airlines completes repainting of nearly 1,000 aircraft

In January 2013, American Airlines unveiled its new visual identity with a new logo and a new livery. The company's first aircraft with the new livery, a Boeing 777-300ER, made its debut on January 31st. (airlinerwatch.com) More...