YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The 36th Airlift Squadron’s old C-130H Hercules cargo planes seem to know their time in Japan is coming to an end. The more than 40-year-old aircraft began acting up when a ...

Throughout much of history, humanity has desired to get its feet off the ground. High off the ground. Thus, around the start of the 20th century, great strides were made in aviation. In short order, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will need more Boeing Co C-17 transport planes in coming years because some of its huge C-5 transport planes, built by Lockheed Martin Corp , are just too old ...

FRANKFURT, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa Cargo's new freighters may deliver more than 5 percent capacity growth in 2014 if this year's "hint" of an upturn takes hold but otherwise they will ...

Boeing is adding capacity to convert old 737 passenger planes into cargo haulers, a bet on continued growth in e-commerce. The Chicago-based company said Wednesday it will add two production lines to ...

A Canadian airline plans to expand its fleet with a futuristic "blended-wing body" aircraft. The design would be a first in commercial aviation. The manufacturer plans to also build a 200-person ...

Pyka’s autonomous electric Pelican cargo carrier is an adaptation of a plane it developed for crop spraying. The startup sees it as a step toward developing a zero-emission short takeoff and landing ...

Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has agreed to buy an all-new aircraft type known as a "blended-wing body" as it ...