Here on planefinder.net we’re delighted to be tracking United Airlines very first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The aircraft is now on its way from Seattle to United’s hub in Houston. This is the first 787 to be delivered to an American airline. The Dreamliner, tail number N20904, is scheduled to go into service on 4th November. [...]

Today we launched “Version 1″ of our comprehensive aviation database.  This allows you to search for detailed information on flight, aircraft and airports across the globe. All of the links are context sensitive so you can carry on drilling down inside the database almost forever!  All of our data goes back to April 2011 and [...]

United Airlines has announced it finally took ownership of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner earlier this week, flightglobal.com reports. The first of five Dreamliners to be received this year, United is to fly the aircraft out of its Houston Intercontinental hub, where it will be used on domestic routes from early November. It is the first [...]

A proposed merger between BAE Systems and Airbus owner, EADS – which could create one of the ‘largest and most powerful aviation companies in the world’ – is being contested by governments around the world, telegraph.co.uk reports. It appears that the £30 billion deal will now only go ahead after the two companies have ‘jumped [...]

Italian Police have arrested a man who is alleged to have been traveling in the cockpit of Air Dolomiti flights whilst dressed as a pilot. Two real pilots flew the Air Dolomiti plane while the man sat in the cockpit. The incident seems to bear a striking resemblance to the exploits of Frank Abagnale, Jr. [...]

German carrier Lufthansa has announced it will create a new low-cost airline in 2013. The move is designed to reduced costs and will see Lufthansa’s European short-haul and Germanwings flights merged together into the new brand. The new, and as yet unnamed airline, will operate out of Lufthansa’s main hubs at Frankfurt and Munich. The airline [...]

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has this week set a new speed record for a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand. One of the company’s very exclusive private jets (a modified 737-700) made the 5,658-nautical mile (10,479 km) trip in just 13 hours, 7 minutes and 54 seconds, eturbonews.com reports. The speed of [...]

The Endeavour space shuttle is once again airborne. Endeavour took off at 07:22 EDT on the back of NASA’s modified Boeing 747 aircraft. This is that start of a two day flight as Endeavour travels to her retirement home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. This is also the final ferry flight of [...]

Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson are on their way home from Ethiopia. The pair were captured in July 2011 by rebels in eastern Ethiopia, accused of supporting terrorism, and sentenced to an 11-year jail term. The journalists had always denied any offense and stated that they were just doing their job. The two Swedes [...]

Catapult-assisted take-offs and free-glide landings are but two concepts that could become standard affair in the future of aviation. A new report by European plane-maker Airbus, entitled “Smarter Skies”, floated the ideas as the company looks ahead to address how air travel could one day become more sustainable, reports Gizmag.com. Flying in formation was another vision [...]