The number of commercial airplanes in the sky at any given time fluctuates minute-by-minute, and air travel varies by time of day and day of week. According to FlightAware, which tracks this data ...

A BRIEF history of the engineering development of the airplane from the time of the earliest supposed attempt at flight, about 400 B.C., is presented and the effect of the war on the development of ...

After five years of research, Airbus has introduced its revised ZEROe aircraft concept, a hydrogen aircraft that will be ...

Commercial aviation has changed global travel, making it possible to cross entire continents in a fraction of the time it once took. From the early days of the Wright brothers, airplanes have ...

Let’s dive into why your commercial flight keeps a normal pace. Airplanes can travel faster when flying in the same direction as the wind. Conversely, an airplane will fly slower (and use more ...

Photos of the aircraft surfaced on social media this Friday. It's legitimately shocking to see how much damage one bird caused. Thankfully, no one was injured during this bird strike ...

So, this is how aircraft manufacturers and airlines measure the fuel efficiency of a commercial jet. It's simple to measure a car's fuel economy — many have an mpg rating right on the dashboard now.

If the sole purpose were to avoid buildings, airplanes wouldn't need to fly above 3,000 feet — even the Burj Khalifa could be avoided at that height. However, commercial airliners typically ...

SEATTLE, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab commercial airplanes head Stephanie Pope will focus on the recovery of the company's crucial and challenged plane-making unit under a ...

Arlington County-based Fortune 500 aerospace company and defense contractor Boeing announced Tuesday that Stephanie Pope is no longer the company’s chief operating officer but still leads its ...