At first glance, a livery might look like nothing more than a splash of paint. A plane is a plane, right? Not for an airline.
The NTSB’s OPS-GEN-130 is the latest reminder that, in a funding lapse, U.S. air-safety work doesn’t stop—but it does get thin.
Go-arounds, far from being an emergency, are one of the safest maneuvers in commercial flying.
As larger aircraft grab headlines for long-haul and trunk routes, the backbone of secondary markets is the regional jets.
Attention has shifted toward two possible solutions: high-aspect-ratio wings and blended wing-body shapes.
Modern airline bookings began with a chance meeting of two men sharing a surname on an American Airlines flight in 1953.
Long before the arrival of high-bypass, fuel-efficient turbofan engines, aviation relied on what might seem like an unusual trick.
A global review of commercial flight
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