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, ...

Flight instructor Jon Kotwicki bought three old planes and brought them to his school in Alaska. He's turning them into luxury accommodations for flying students and tourists. He plans to start ...

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 ...

Russia was responsible for sending two incendiary devices to DHL logistics hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom in July as part of a wider sabotage campaign to possibly start fires aboard aircraft ...

Although aircraft are still a relatively modern invention, they have become the dominant way of moving across large distances. Early planes were rather small and often could only carry a crew of one ...

The TSA, carrying out a 2007 law requiring the screening of all cargo on passenger planes within three years, decided that starting last August it would mandate the screening of cargo on passenger ...

Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has agreed to buy an all-new aircraft type known as a "blended-wing body" as it expands beyond its all-Boeing fleet. The futuristic cargo plane "Kona" is ...