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China's newest aircraft carrier is a major capability and technological jump for its naval forces. But China still has a lot to learn before it can operate carriers like the US, experts say. There's ...

The Boeing 747-400 and the Airbus A350 represent two very different eras of long-haul commercial aviation. The 747-400, often ...

The continent of Europe has created some of the most capable military aircraft in history, indeed the first combat action by an aeroplane was in Italian service. In the First World War, all of the ...

The 767’s certification for extended operations marked the beginning of ETOPS, or Extended-range Twin-engine Operational ...

The fuel economy of an aircraft is an assessment of the aircraft's transportation energy efficacy. Enhanced fuel efficiency is achieved through improved aerodynamics, weight reduction, and the ...

If you've seen images of the infamous double-level airplane seat concept and thought "that's never going to happen" - maybe think again. Aviation start-up Chaise Longue, the brains behind the ...

If you've ever studied older military aircraft like the North American F-86 Sabre jet, you may have noticed that many of them had flat metal plates, known as wing fences, on the wings. While these ...

'This study throws a spanner in the works for the aviation industry.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Commercial airplanes have ...

Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found. The result means that although modern planes emit less ...