Why VEM Global Works

This video explains Vertical Engine Marketing and how it works for your property to sell your availability. ...more

Boeing Plans to Debut 787 Dreamliner and New Unmanned Systems at Farnborough

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its international debut this month when the doors open on the Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Boeing also will feature an extensive display of new, advanced unmanned systems and technologies. ...more

Boeing Submits NewGen Tanker Proposal to US Air Force

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to provide the service with a next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft. Based on Boeing's 767 commercial airplane, the NewGen Tanker would replace 179 of the 400 Eisenhower-era KC-135 aircraft currently in the Air Force fleet. ...more

Solar Plane Lands After Completing First 24-hour Flight - USATODAY

An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night. ...more

JetBlue Airways Reports June Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for June 2010. Traffic in June increased 10.9 percent from June 2009, on a capacity increase of 5.8 percent. ...more

Colgan Air, Inc. Releases June Performance Data

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air, Inc. subsidiary for June 2010. ...more

Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. Releases June Performance Data

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) released capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. subsidiary for June 2010. ...more

Alpine Air Announces Gross Profit Increase

Alpine Air Express, Inc. (OTCBB: APNX) announced that its operating subsidiary, Alpine Aviation Inc., posted its 10-Q for the quarter ending April 30, 2010. The Company's gross revenue for the quarter was $5,053,035, a 3% decrease from the same period in 2009, and its gross profit was $1,434,880, a 40% increase from the same period in 2009. ...more

United Airlines Reports June 2010 Operational Performance

United Airlines reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for June 2010. Total consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in June by 3.5% on an increase of 1.1% in available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2009. ...more

Facebook Versus Google Travel, the Upcoming Travel Wars - Everything PR

With Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel stocks hovering just above the basement, news of Facebook and Google dancing around the travel niche cannot be thrilling. Online travel, in case you’ve been trapped in a dungeon somewhere, is about to take off like a rocket. For some that is. ...more

Facebook Acquires Social Travel Recommendation Site Nextstop - TechCrunch

acebook is acquiring social travel recommendation site Nextstop, according a blog post on the startup’s site. The startup, which launched in early 2009, mixes social recommendations with search and adds a reputation system and elements of gameplay. It was founded by a couple of ex-Googlers, Carl Sjogreen and Adrian Graham, who helped launch Google Calendar (Sjogreen) and Google Groups, and Picasa. The site grew out of their frustration with finding interesting things to do in unfamiliar places. ...more

The Online Travel Industry Worries About Google - Forbes

Google's $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, announced on July 1, has left many wondering how ITA's clients are going to survive. ITA, based in Boston, provides software that handles information about airline flights and fares and times, and it's used by airlines, travel agencies and websites like Orbitz, Kayak and Bing. Will Google blow them all out of the sky? ...more

Simpliflying Hero, June 2010: Richard Ziskind of Omni Air International

The Simpliflying Hero for the month of June 2010 is….(drum roll)…Richard Ziskind. Richard is being recognized for his outstanding work at Omni Air International, with the introduction of social media to the organization. ...more

Chicago Welcomes Inaugural Around-the-World Cathay Pacific Freighter Flight

Airline Increases Local Operations Staffing by 33 Percent to Handle New Flights ...more

More Private Planes Are Being Repossessed - USATODAY

The recession isn't just stripping the middle class of their prize possessions. The wealthy are losing out, too. In the past few weeks, Ken Cage, who specializes in repossessing private planes, says he's recovered two jets worth a combined $7.1 million. ...more

Frontier Airlines Announces Service to Steamboat Springs/Hayden

Seasonal Nonstop Service from Denver Begins Dec. 16, 2010 ...more

Economic Update - June 2010 - The Firecracker Edition

Economic growth has slowed a bit. Various special factors are weighing on a few sectors. The 'government-aided' recovery likely needs to transition to a 'jobs-aided' pickup ...more