Here's what it was like on board Qantas' first nonstop, 19-hour flight from...
Australian airline Qantas just tested the world's longest non-stop passenger flight, from London to Sydney.The flight departed on November 14, and took more than 19 hours.Regular nonstop service could...
View ArticleYou can now book a flight on United's new 'Star Wars'-themed Boeing 737 plane...
United has launched a special new "Star Wars"-themed Boeing 737-800 plane.The plane was launched to celebrate the release of "The Rise of Skywalker."Decked out in dueling Resistance and First Order...
View ArticleEverything we know about the planes of the world's top leaders, from Trump to...
The world's leaders travel in style.From the United Kingdom's $250 million Airbus A330 to Russia's fleet of 132 aircraft, these planes are meant to keep the world's top leaders safe.Here are the VIP...
View ArticleGoogle's new LA office is a restored World War II-era hangar that used to...
Last year, Google moved into the historic Spruce Goose airplane hangar in LA.The Spruce Goose was the largest wood plane ever built, and flew only once, in 1947.Google restored the hangar into a...
View ArticleAirbus unveiled a battery-powered sports aircraft, which will compete in the...
Airbus unveiled the world's first electric race plane at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday. The aircraft can reach speeds of up to 300 miles per hour and has a 220-pound lithium battery, which is under the...
View ArticleThe world's first electric commercial airplane just completed a test flight
Harbour Air's ePlane, the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft, completed a test flight over the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia on December 10.Harbour Air's ePlane is a...
View Article2 planes collided in the air over Brooklyn 59 years ago in what was then the...
In 1960, two airplanes crashed into each other above New York City.One of the planes crashed in Park Slope, Brooklyn, right in the middle of a residential neighborhood.AP photos from the crash show how...
View ArticleWhy airplane takeoffs and landings are so dangerous
Boeing research shows that takeoff and landing are statistically more dangerous than any other part of a flight. 49% of all fatal accidents happen during the final descent and landing phases of the...
View Article4 ways billionaires have changed private jet travel in the past decade
Flying billionaires are different than they were a decade ago, global private aviation company VistaJet recently told Business Insider.Their preferences have evolved with the rise in discreet wealth,...
View ArticleRolls-Royce is designing the 'world's fastest all-electric airplane' named...
Rolls-Royce is designing what it hopes to be the world's fastest all-electric airplane that can reach up to 300 mph: the ACCEL, short for "Accelerating the Electrification of Flight."The aircraft's...
View ArticleA pilot made history by becoming the first HIV positive person to fly a...
James Bushe has made aviation history by being the first person with HIV to obtain a pilot license and fly a commercial plane. With the help of HIV Scotland, he overturned the Civil Aviation...
View ArticleWhat it's like to travel on Flybe, the budget airline used by the royals...
Budget airline Flybe is on the brink of bankruptcy, outlets such as Sky News are reporting, though the airline said in a statement on Sunday that "we don't comment on rumor or speculation."It is the...
View ArticleA rabbit in a bowtie sipped champagne and ate croissants in business class,...
A bowtie-wearing rabbit named Coco flew on a business class flight from San Francisco to Japan with her owner who was starting a new job there."I couldn't leave her in the States, so I took her back...
View ArticleA man in Nigeria built his wife a house that looks like a giant plane because...
A man in Abuja, Nigeria built an unusual airplane-shaped house for his six children and wife who "loves to travel," according to Reuters.The BBC reported that construction began in 1999 — and is still...
View ArticlePilots sat back and watched a plane take off entirely on its own as Airbus...
An Airbus test aircraft successfully took off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in southern France autonomously without any pilot input. The test was part of Airbus' Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off, and Landing...
View ArticleThe US Air Force recently acquired a new $64 million Gulfstream private jet...
The US Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing provides travel for top government employees, including the president.The wing primarily uses a fleet of modified civilian aircraft, including the Boeing 747-200...
View ArticleThe iconic Boeing 747 just celebrated 50 years of flight — here's how the...
Boeing's most iconic aircraft celebrated 50 years of passenger service on Wednesday.The aircraft first flew in 1969 and began commercial service in 1970, revolutionizing air travel with its iconic...
View ArticleA woman says she and her daughters were moved from business class on Thai...
Three women said they were not allowed to sit in the business-class seats they paid for on a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Auckland because airline staff members said they were "too big."Huhana...
View ArticleBoeing's enormous new flagship plane, the 777X, just flew for the first time...
Boeing's newest aircraft, the Boeing 777X, flew for the first time on Saturday.It's the largest twin-engine jet in the world and Boeing's latest new aircraft to fly since the grounding of the 737...
View ArticleThese 12 airplane interior cabin designs could be the future of air travel,...
Innovators are setting their sights on reimagining aircraft interiors for the benefit of passengers.Renditions submitted to Hamburg Aviation's Crystal Cabin Award show what the aircraft of the future...
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