United 787 completes pre-delivery test flight United Airlines (UA), the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787, said its first Dreamliner took a 3-hr.-plus pre-delivery test flight Sunday to/from Boeings Everett, Wash., facility. More Assad's regime increases use of air power July 31, 2012: This file photo image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News purports to show black smoke rising from buildings in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)BEIRUT Its forces stretched thin on multiple fronts, President Bashar Assad's regime has significantly increased its use of air power against Syrian rebels in recent weeks, causing a spike in civilian casualtiesThe shift is providing useful clues about the capability of the Syrian air force as Western powers consider the option of enforcing a no-fly zone over the northern part of the country, where rebels control large swaths of territory along the Turkish border.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/21/assad-regime-increases-use-air-power/#ixzz24DwjNzVs More TAM diz que preco das passagens pode subir Presidente da companhia atribui o possivel aumento aos precos do petroleo e do querosene de aviacao e as tarifas aeroportuarias. Mais Report questions value of high US aviation security costs US aviation security costs have skyrocketed since 9/11 but it is not certain the benefits outweigh those costs, a new industry report finds.Authored by RAND Corp., the report suggeststhe US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Congress should weigh both the costs and benefits of the complex US aviation security system.MoreBritish Airways Steward Who Made Fake Bomb Threat to Earn Promotion Gets 6 Months in Jail Instead A British Airways steward who wrote a threatening message on the back of a toilet door during a flight from London to the Japanese capital of Tokyo has been sentenced to jail for six months, police said on Tuesday. He admitted making the threat in an attempt to impress his employer. More Aviao da Azul retorna ao aeroporto apos principio de incendio Apos decolar do aeroporto Petronio Portela em Teresina com destino a Campinas em Sao Paulo, o voo 4391 teve que retornar ao aeroporto, apos a tripulacao detectar um principio de incendio em umas das turbinas.Mais Embraer inicia obras de centro para jatos em Sorocaba Quatro meses apos o anuncio do novo centro de servicos para jatos executivos no Brasil, a Embraer iniciou as obras no aeroporto Bertram Luiz Leupolz (SOD), em Sorocaba, no interior paulista. MaisQantas grounds 2 pilots who reportedly quarreled in cockpit of jumbo jet at Dallas airport CANBERRA, Australia Qantas Airways Ltd. grounded two pilots who quarreled in the cockpit of their Boeing 747 jumbo jet at a Dallas airport last week, the airline and an aviation official said Tuesday.The argument happened two weeks after Qantas, Australias biggest airline, grounded another pilot for attempting to fly while under the influence of alcohol. More 2 SC Boeing employees appeal case against union NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Two employees at South Carolina's Boeing plant have appealed their complaint against the International Association of Machinists. More Astronomers Find Evidence of Planet Being Destroyed by Its Aging Star A team of international astronomers have reported the first evidence of a planet