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Delta Air Lines flight DL1092 between Atlanta Hartfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) and Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) landed without the front landing gear at 08:58 this morning. Onboard the plane, there were 101 people, including 96 customers, two pilots, and three flight attendants. No injuries were reported due to the incident.

Meet JFK's first on-airport hotel—complete with midcentury modern guest rooms, a 10,000-square-foot rooftop deck with pool, and a Jean-Georges restaurant. An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has been reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay channeling the jet age. While the once-groundbreaking Trans World Airlines ceased operations in 2001, and the terminal closed in October of that year, the luxe hotel pays homage to the original architecture of the 1962 building designed by architect Eero Saarinen.

...the first newly designed large single-aisle airliner in nearly three decades. Delta Air Lines unveiled its new Airbus A220-100 Monday at its headquarters at Atlanta International Airport....employees lined up to tour Ship 8101, the first of 75 A220s that Delta is expected to bring into its fleet over the next two to three years. SWISS, Korean Air and airBaltic already fly these jets, but Delta will be the first carrier in the US. Taking the stage at the celebration, Delta CEO Ed Bastian welcomed the A220 as "a beautiful new member of the family." This $81-million jet has racked up...

They might be best known for space travel, but the folks at NASA are determined to shape the future of commercial aviation. The agency says airliners need to be quieter, greener and more fuel-efficient. To attain those goals, NASA handed out nearly $6 million in contracts this week to two defense industry giants: Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. NASA’s goal is to develop technology that would enable future aircraft to burn 50% less fuel than current models, cut harmful emissions in half and shrink the geographic areas affected by obnoxious airport noise by 83%. The agency hopes to...

Should stewardesses flying to Saudi Arabia be required to wear head-to-toe coverings and walk behind men? One airline thinks so.

Passenger bill of rights proposed Fri Feb 16, 1:00 PM ET Senator plans passengers' bill of rights WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record) says she plans to introduce a "Passengers' Bill of Rights" that would give passengers the right to deplane when an aircraft has been on the ground for more than three hours past its scheduled departure time. "I've been stuck on the tarmac many times in my travel back and forth to California," Boxer said in a statement posted on her Web site. "Sometimes with the weather and traffic, it's unavoidable. But to keep...

Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05) FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed. The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. FBI agents believe it was a flare or...

Canada's other Avro tragedyNational Post February 22, 2005 Re: Howard And Me: Don Rogers Remembers Howard Hughes As The Man Who Could Have Sent Canada's Aircraft Industry Soaring, Feb. 18. The Avro C-102 Jetliner first flew on Aug. 10, 1949, two weeks after the first jet transport, the flawed deHavilland Comet, briefly flew in England. The major difference was that the Jetliner was essentially perfect right from the start, and could have gone into production in a very short time. This was eight years ahead of Boeing's first passenger jet, the 707. When the Jetliner flew from Toronto to New...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A pitch by European aircraft maker Airbus for a $600 million U.S. plant drew representatives from 35 states Tuesday - including at least nine with ties to archrival Boeing Co. Officials from Washington state - where Boeing assembles 737s, 747s, 767s and 777s - were among those attending the informational session hosted by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., parent company of Airbus. France-based EADS, has said it plans to open a U.S. manufacturing site within a year, with hopes of building a refueling tanker to compete with the Boeing 767 for a multibillion dollar Air...

After months of scouring Africa, U.S. investigators have all but concluded that the 727 jetliner that mysteriously disappeared after departing from an Angolan airport in May crashed or was taken to a remote hangar to be stripped for parts. U.S. intelligence officials had expressed fears that the 153-foot, 200,000-pound aircraft might have been stolen by terrorists for use as a weapon against Western targets in Africa. But an examination of satellite photographs and visits to dozens of African airfields failed to yield any evidence that it is on the continent, leading U.S. officials to largely discount the terrorism scenario.

NEWARK, N.J. - A suspected arms dealer ordered held without bond Wednesday began arranging to smuggle 50 more shoulder-fired missiles into the United States soon after securing one of the weapons, which he thought was intended to shoot down a jetliner, according to an FBI (news - web sites) affidavit. The document also said that Hemant Lakhani, dealing with an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Muslim terrorist, was recorded as saying Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) "did a good thing" and "straightened them all out." Lakhani, 68, a Briton described as a "significant international arms...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The final report on the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 will blame copilot Gameel el Batouti for crashing the plane into the sea, National Transportation Safety Board sources confirmed to CNN on Thursday.</p> <p>They also said the report could be issued as early as next week.</p>