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A startup wants to build the world's largest cargo plane big enough to carry wind turbines the size of a football field — take a look
Radia, a Colorado-based startup, wants to build a cargo plane the length of a football field to del…
Lloyd Lee,Taylor Rains
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Video shows the scary moment a Boeing cargo plane skidded and threw up sparks when its landing gear failed to deploy properly
Smoke and sparks are seen coming from the Boeing jet as the nose scrapes along the tarmac at Istanb…
Pete Syme
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams onboard could wait months in space before return as NASA mulls extending mission duration
Officials have repeatedly hinted that the Starliner, which faced issues with helium leaks and thrus…
ANI
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Elon Musk's SpaceX seemingly bought a Boeing 737 with a strange livery — and nobody appears to know why
A Boeing 737-800 registered to Falcon Aviation Holdings drew attention at Los Angeles International…
Pete Syme
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IndiGo to fly more intl routes, aims doubling size by 2030: CEO Pieter Elbers
IndiGo aims to double in size by 2030 with new domestic and international routes as well as destin…
PTI
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Here's how Singapore Airlines airlifted a giant panda cub and sent it on its journey home to China
Singapore's first giant panda cub, Le Le, took a 4.5-hour-long flight to China via Singapore Airlin…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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China can't use civilian ships to invade Taiwan just yet, but it's getting there, says former US intelligence officer
One such exercise involved 14 merchant vessels that could transport 1,000 military vehicles and 2,0…
Matthew Loh
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The Baltimore bridge collapse raised questions about key safety features — experts say better ones may not have helped
Experts say protective structures may have saved the Baltimore bridge from collapse, but they could…
Matthew Loh,Marianne Guenot
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Ukraine's relentless targeting of the Black Sea Fleet has disrupted Russia's efforts to block a key export
Heightened tensions in the Black Sea come two months after Russia pulled out of a UN-brokered deal …
Erin Snodgrass
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Amazon just hired another passenger airline to fly cargo jets using the biggest aircraft yet
Converted Boeing freighters have historically been the jet of choice for Amazon Air, but the new co…
Taylor Rains
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Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Ankur Tewari to launch audio label Tiger Baby Records
Filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production company Tiger Baby has joined hands with musici…
PTI
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Boeing's new $442.2 million flagship plane is drawing interest from across the aviation industry. But delays are preventing it from realizing its potential.
Boeing is building what will be the world's largest twin-engine passenger jet that soon may be flyi…
Thomas Pallini
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Cargo planes and air carriers won big at the Dubai Airshow thanks to the shipping crisis and pandemic
The shipping crisis has brought air cargo to the forefront of the aviation industry and the demand …
Thomas Pallini
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SpiceJet net profit jumps to ₹107 crore in Q3 FY2023
SpiceJet reported a net profit of Rs 107 crore (Rs 221 crore excluding forex adjustment) for the qu…
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Airbus racked up 4 times as many orders for aircraft as Boeing at Dubai, but Boeing stole the show with the 777x, its newest flagship
Airbus won the most orders during the first international air show of the pandemic and Boeing gave …
Thomas Pallini
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SpiceJet’s Q3 net profit jumps 162% to ₹110 crore on air travel recovery, shares surge 13%
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet posted a 162% surge in net profit to ₹110 crore for the December quarter,…
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Finders, keepers: Treasures lost at sea can be claimed by those who discover them — unless the US government is involved
Maritime law generally abides by a "rule of finds" for treasures lost at sea, unless it was lost ne…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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How the US defused a deadly showdown between 2 NATO allies' special-operations forces
The showdown between Greece and Turkey was resolved peacefully, but threats of war were "not a bluf…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Elon Musk's Starlink gets FCC green light to beam broadband into moving cars, planes, boats
The FCC's authorization will allow Starlink to pursue deals with transport companies more vigorousl…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Cargo airlines have carried the Boeing 747 program this far but the iconic aircraft's days are now …