With its boxy shape and strange design, the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy didn’t look like it could fly—but it did more than ...

It may cost the already cash-strapped airline industry billions of dollars, but defense officials believe last Thursday’s botched missile strike on an Israeli airliner will raise pressure for the ...

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Sunday that amid Tuesday’s chaotic events he ordered the military to shoot down hijacked commercial airliners if necessary to protect the nation’s capital. The ...

Celebrate 20 epic aviation moments at Frankfurt Airport featuring rare and iconic aircraft like the MD-87, Boeing 747-200, ...

Airplanes cruise at altitudes of several thousand feet above the ground for most parts of their journeys. If the sole purpose were to avoid buildings, airplanes wouldn't need to fly above 3,000 feet — ...

The prospects of flying on a supersonic airliner a few hours between New York and London have hit a headwind with the closing of Aerion Supersonic, one of the sector’s leading companies. Experts say ...

There are plenty of discussion forums, blogs, and websites that can give you more information on the airline industry, but when it comes to sheer volume of information, it's tough to beat ...

Airliners have become an unremarkable part of modern life, but unless you happen to be an aircraft enthusiast, you’d be forgiven for thinking the latest Airbus model looks more or less the same as the ...

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 airliners crashed at a rate of one for every 3.1 million flights worldwide in 2015 – making last year one of the safest on record, industry officials said Monday. The four fatal crashes ...

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 ...