Get all the latest aviation news from Simple Flying! As a result, Delta Air Lines decided to retire its fleet of Boeing 747-100 jets, taking these planes out of service on account of their weaker ...

Air France is in the process of phasing out its aging A330-200s as it transitions to its new fleet of A350-900s.

FedEx Corp. has exercised options to purchase eight additional Boeing 777 freighters from Boeing and pushed back retirement of the ... On Friday, Toulouse, France-based ATR, a manufacturer of ...

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane ... the aircraft was delivered to Air ...

On that day, the burning Air France Concorde passed within seven yards of an Air France Boeing 747 on which President Chirac was travelling and which had just landed. The 747's proximity to the ...

Most prominent among the ongoing challenges in our industry is the shortfall of by now 41 Boeing long-haul aircraft ... Must be my lucky day, same with Air France. Three, if I may, can you ...

The new livery replaces the current scheme, which was first introduced almost 41 years ago on March 1, 1984, on one of the company’s Boeing 747-300 and a single McDonnell ... have employed this ...