In summary: McDonnell Douglas (née Douglas) built the DC-8 with four engines because the 1950s demanded it: for power, safety ...

Air Force One is well known as the aircraft that carries the president, but many don't know that it can reach 6,857 nautical ...

British Airways currently operates eight daily flights from London's busiest airport to JFK as well as a single daily flight ...

Kelly Ortberg came out of retirement to lead Boeing, one of the region's most important employers and epicenter of one of the ...

Lufthansa is also by far the largest operator of aircraft from the Boeing 747 family by flights scheduled this August, accounting for 1,116 of the worldwide total of 1,676 (66.6%). Comparatively, in ...

On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 suffered a catastrophic failure mid-flight, leading to the deadliest ...

Taiwanese investigators have confirmed that a Boeing 747-8F sustained damage to its outboard right-hand engine during a ...

Aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is retiring a Boeing 747-200 test aircraft after 20 years in service.

The A380 is 238.5 feet long, with a wingspan of 260 feet, and stands at 79 feet tall. Its maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) is ...

The luxury of the Golden Age of air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.

With assembly of the first Boeing 777-8F freighter underway, the manufacturer has quietly passed the delivery milestone of ...

A UPS cargo plane smashed down in Taiwan's capital city on Wednesday, August 13, and the scary ordeal was caught on video. A ...