Many of the airliners that professional data trackers can no longer account for are believed to have disappeared somewhere in Africa, an enormous land mass with a number of countries that have weak ...

The age of piston-engine air travel still exists today, but its golden era was the 1920s to 1950s. A vast, exciting world opened to air tourists in this stylish, dashing age of glamour and more than a ...

Airline travel is one of the safest forms of transportation, with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reporting that there were an average of just 0.07 passenger fatalities for every ...

If you fly frequently, you know that air travel is not nearly as fun as it might seem. Long lines, crowded airports, endless delays, and lost luggage are just a few potential frustrations that come ...

Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law authorizing the seizure of hundreds of Western-built aircraft leased and operated by Russian airlines on Monday, questions had swirled over ...

A Dutch startup says everyone's hugely underestimating the potential of battery-electric aircraft – that it's possible to build large battery-electric airliners covering distances most assume we'll ...

These are the coolest ‘60s airliners as voted for by readers of the Hush-Kit aviation site. Prepare to meet some wild dream machines, including the Boeing 707 that brought The Beatles on their first ...

Helicopter airliners could save us time and lessen the need for building expensive airports. So why don’t we have them? Airports are expensive things to build. And they require vast amounts of space, ...

Commercial airplanes maintain a normal cruising speed, generally between 550-600 mph, to manage factors like turbulence, energy costs, and ticket prices, rather than aiming for supersonic travel. An ...

Next time you spot an airliner flying overhead, consider that it would have looked virtually the same back in 1960. But the shapes of today's jets are about to see dynamic changes. Almost every ...

On Tuesday, a United Airlines Boeing 777 landed in Honolulu missing the cowling or cover on the front one of its engines. United Airlines won't confirm whether the incident rendered the engine ...