Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

Hopping between continents is as accessible as ever. What used to take months or years now only takes hours thanks to the ...

Aircraft maker Bombardier says it is close to finalizing assembly of the first Global 8000 business jet, the fastest civilian ...

Airbus Defense and Space, a subdivision of Airbus that specializes in defense operations, was formed in 2014 following a ...

Commercial aircraft get zapped by lightning once or twice a year, but passengers rarely notice when it happens. Modern aircraft are designed to let electrical charges run through without affecting ...

The final aircraft British Airways is waiting for is the 787-10. The airline has seven on order, set to join its fleet of ten active and one inactive 787-10s. This jet is the stretched variant of the ...

As much as many avgeeks enjoy the home comforts of modern planes, others enjoy stepping back in time and taking to the skies in aircraft that are considerably older than themselves. Many different ...

“We had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open ... particularly on modern planes such as the Airbus A330. It comes after another incident ...

Winglets are used by airlines for a good reason — they save companies money by allowing airplanes to fly more efficiently, ...

including the collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Reagan National on Jan. 29, which killed all 67 people in the two aircraft.

Trump blames ‘obsolete’ U.S. air traffic control system for the plane and ... between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have happened if the U.S. had a more modern air traffic ...

Most flights also require passengers to turn off their devices or put them on “airplane mode” during takeoff and landing as the cell phone signals could interfere with “critical aircraft ...