Leading UK airline taps country’s leading comms provider to help connect thousands of crew, aircraft and airports across ...

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Lufthansa's empty A380 flight to Shannon, Ireland has aviation enthusiasts buzzing. Is it getting a special 100-year ...

United has a larger active fleet by a small margin. We take a deeper look.

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On a lonely stretch of the Tibetan Plateau, China has built an airport higher than many Himalayan passes, a piece of ...

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easyJet has launched a twilight bag drop service at Birmingham Airport. The free service provides passengers with early-morning flights the opportunity to drop bags off the evening before. It saves ...

The A321XLR can justifiably claim to be the first narrowbody aircraft to be included in an airline's description of its long haul fleet - it has range of up to 4,700nm (8,700km), endurance of c.11 ...

ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) is working on a new, more ambitious fleet plan to fast-track the entry into service of four additional widebodies by 2027, CEO Jörg Eberhart said in an interview with ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...