In partnership with Zodiac Aerospace, Airbus is developing a modular system that will allow airlines to change their cargo bays into sleeper compartments for long-haul flights complete with spacious bunks and other amenities.
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The first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been delivered to Singapore Airlines. The latest and largest of the Dreamliner family was handed over to its new owner in a ceremony at Boeing's North Charleston, South Carolina assembly facility attended by 3,000 people.
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In 1947, it took four days and seven stops for a Constellation airliner to fly between London and Australia. Today, history was made as the first non-stop commercial Australia to London regular commercial service, Qantas Flight 9 (QF9), took off from Perth Airport at a little before 7:00 pm.
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Boeing's 737 MAX 7 airliner made its maiden flight on Friday from Renton Field, Washington State. The initial flight lasted three hours and five minutes for flight control, systems, and handling tests before landing at Boeing Field in Seattle at 1:22 pm.
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Saab's latest military aircraft, the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, completed its maiden flight on Thursday with Magnus Fredriksson, Saab Experimental Test Pilot, at the controls.
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The world's largest jet engine has taken flight for the first time in the skies over the Mojave Desert in California. On Tuesday, GE Aviation's GE9X powered into the air on the wing of the company's "Flying Test Bed."
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Thunderstorms are one of things that air pilots prefer to avoid, but it's estimated that every commercial aircraft is struck by lightning once a year. To bring the numbers down, engineers from MIT are working on a way to make airplanes less attractive to lightning by electrically charging them.
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The gargantuan Stratolaunch dual-fuselage aircraft, with a wingspan of 385 ft (117 m), is one step closer to reaching the skies after it recently completed a second taxi test that saw it hit a speed of 46 mph (74 km/h) as it stormed down a runway in Mojave, California.
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In a bid to make in-flight connectivity as fast, reliable, and cheap as it is on the ground, Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, and Bharti Airtel have created the Seamless Air Alliance. The goal is to provide passengers with the same high-speed, low-latency connectivity as terrestrial services.
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Stelia Aerospace has unveiled the first printed self-reinforcing​ fuselage panel in an effort to demonstrate the potential of additive manufacturing to deliver cheaper, lighter and more environmentally-friendly components.
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