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After a Rolls-Royce engine on one of Quantas's A380 superjumbo jets exploded last week, Singapore Airlines says it also has pulled three of its A380s from service because of engine trouble. The news comes after Boeing also announced a major engine failure during tests back in August.

Finding a good -- or even passable -- restaurant at an airport isn't easy, especially for infrequent flyers. So, venture capitalist Dan Gellert decided to create a guide to airport eateries. He solution: GateGuru, now available for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch.

The U.S. State Department says it will sell as much as $60 billion worth of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia over the next two decades in an attempt to protect the Middle East against the threat of Iranian military expansion. Boeing and United Technologies could benefit from the deal.

Boeing (BA) is delaying the maiden flight of one of its test 787 Dreamliner jets. "Typical build and flight-test challenges" are holding back the sixth test jet's maiden flight, while workers are "finishing the structure and dealing with anything you have to deal with in getting a flight-test...

Airlines plan to nearly triple the number of planes with in-flight Internet access this year, but fewer than one in 50 passengers currently pay for the service. When will WiFi revenues start to take off?

Boeing Co. (BA) is reinspecting its 787 Dreamliner jets after uncovering flaws in horizontal stabilizers made by an Italian vendor. Boeing is checking on flight-test and production planes after the flaws were found in stabilizers made by Alenia Aeronautica, a unit of Italy's Finmeccanica SpA,...

The New York Times has come up with a novel theory: People who are traveling this holiday will stay away longer to get lower airfares. Someone who leaves a week before Thanksgiving and comes back a week after will not have to pay the premium for an airline ticket to travel on the busiest days of...

The general aviation industry, which is made up of private and corporate jet manufacturers, is in an awful fix. The latest? Plane-leasing outfit NetJets just announced it is laying off 5 percent of its staff, or 350 employees, due to "severe economic conditions facing the aviation industry,"...

It's nothing for die-hard lotto fans in the U.S. to travel to a neighboring state when a triple digit jackpot makes headlines, but would you fly to another country just for a chance to buy lottery tickets? That's what's happening in Italy, thanks to a record-setting $194 million dollar jackpot in...

In a move that would make even Ryanair's president jealous, China Springs Airline has been working on the details required to let passengers stand, or sit on a barstool-like seat, in order to fit more people on its planes. The relatively young airline is looking at retrofitting its current planes...