aviation

Several white airplanes with Kenya Airways logo on them in red and green parked in airport.
Business
International flights resume in East Africa
A photo of airplanes
Trump administration to bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to US
An aerial view shows Colombian airline Avianca's planes parked at El Dorado International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia, April 7, 2020.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Colombian airlines face controversy over loans to survive pandemic crisis
The tails of several aircraft from SAS airlines are shown lined up.
COVID-19
Governments offer aid as airlines forced to deepen cuts to flights, staffing
Airplanes of German airline Lufthansa and US carrier United Airlines land and take off at Frankfurt Airport, Germany March 2, 2020.
COVID-19
‘Ghost’ flights dwindle, but coronavirus a ‘massive catastrophe’ for airlines
This spring, passengers on a morning flight on Qantas Airways in Australia were greeted in an unusual way: They were on board the world's first waste-free flight. 
Environment
This Australian airline invites you to ‘sit back and enjoy the world’s first zero-waste flight’
VIDEO: Airplane from U.S. makes belly landing in Poland after landing gear fails
After taking off from Abu Dhabi on March 9, the Solar Impulse 2 has flown across Asia and now more than halfway across the Pacific, with a goal of circumnavigating the world powered only by the 17,000 solar panels on its 236 foot-wide wings.
Technology
Will Solar Impulse 2 inspire a whole fleet of solar-powered planes?
The US Marine Corps C-130 Hercules named "Fat Albert," assigned to the US Navy “Blue Angels” flight demonstration team, uses Jet Assisted Take Off bottles during the 2005 Blue Angel Homecoming show.
Conflict
A Marine pilot breaks the gender barrier in one of the world’s most elite squadrons
A teddy bear wearing a shirt with the word "flight attendant" is placed between flowers and candles outside Germanwings headquarters at the Cologne Bonn airport on March 25, 2015.
Technology
A crash in Europe lays bare some of aviation’s myths
A screengrab from the View from the Wing website explaining how to get cheap fares from Danish websites.
Business
About that $44 trans-Atlantic flight from United — in business class
The view from 15,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean as seen from the Two Eagles Balloon flight deck.
Technology
A US-Russian pair is trying to smash the ‘holy grail’ of ballooning records
Melvyn Koh, at center, tries out Italian company Aviointeriors' aircraft "standing seat" which has 23 inches of legroom instead of the current economy class average of 30 inches.
Business
Airlines are running more full than at any time since they ferried troops during World War II
Economy class seats are pictured inside an Emirates Airbus A380.
Lifestyle
As air travelers fight over reclining their seats, seat designers offer hope
A Chinese J-11 fighter jet is seen flying near a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon about 215 km (135 miles) east of China's Hainan Island in this U.S. Department of Defense handout photo taken August 19, 2014.
Conflict
US and Chinese warplanes risk a mid-air collision — and an international incident
Flying around Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Airlines face a major challenge flying around Ukraine — it’s huge
Malaysia airlines' flight paths
Conflict & Justice
Malaysia Airlines has to thread the needle now to get its planes safely to western Europe
Conflict & Justice
A Canadian politician remembers the day he survived a flight with a bomb on board
MH17
Conflict & Justice
Small signs of progress for investigators looking into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17
A TR-1A (U2) of the US Air Force's 95th Recon Squadron.
Conflict & Justice
The legendary U-2 spy plane may finally be retired
A TR-1A (U2) of the US Air Force's 95th Recon Squadron.
Conflict & Justice
The legendary U-2 spy plane may finally be retired
Environment
Why do we depend on 1960s technology to locate missing planes?
John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), stands in front of a diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, during a briefing in C
Conflict & Justice
Don’t give up yet on the ‘best lead’ in the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet
Peter Chong holds a smartphone displaying a picture of himself with missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 captain Zaharie Shah.
Conflict & Justice
Details emerge about the pilot and co-pilot of Malaysia’s missing flight
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?
Malaysia Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
There are more rumors and theories than clues about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane
Malaysia Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
There are more rumors and theories than clues about the missing Malaysia Airlines plane
Malaysian ethnic Chinese sing songs as they hold a candlelight vigil for the passengers of Malaysia Airlines MH370 near Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 10, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Here’s what is known about the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared — and it’s not much
Pilots stand in the shade of the wing of a DC-3 in the hamlet of Miraflores in the Colombian jungle.
Environment
Ancient DC-3s deliver hope in Colombia, and seat belts are optional
Environment
This blue airplane is actually quite green — and perhaps it’s the future
Environment
Civilian companies eye big potential for domestic drone use
Global Politics
Anniversary prompts memories of German teen who landed private plan in Red Square
Global Politics
Retired Air Force colonel attempts to document every bomb U.S. ever dropped
Latest Amelia Earhart expedition comes up empty
VIDEO: Advanced Israeli drone, capable of reaching Iran, crashes west of Jerusalem
Global Politics
VIDEO: Iran displays what it says is a captured, top secret U.S. drone
Global Politics
Feds open investigation into Jet Blue tarmac delay over the weekend (with video)
Global Politics
FAA stalemate costing US government millions
Arts, Culture & Media
Hilary Swank in ‘Amelia’ might not fly
Environment
Hurricanes and oil prices
World War II ‘Night Witch’ Dies at 91
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Nadezhda Popova, A Soviet Combat Pilot and WWII ‘Night Witch’
Arts, Culture & Media
Each Summer Thousands of Chinese Students Head to Camp in the US
Development & Education
Looking at What Went Wrong on Asiana Flight 214
Arts, Culture & Media
Fashion Makeover for Turkish Air Flight Attendants?
Global Politics
What It’s Like to Pilot Drones
Global Politics
The Skies Could Fill With (small) Unmanned Aircraft
Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Fleets
Development & Education
Boeing Dreamliner Makes Emergency Landing in Japan
Rust in Red Square
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Mathias Rust’s Flight to Red Square
Will Hurricane Sandy Change Your Vote?
Arts, Culture & Media
Baumgartner’s Jump and Other Skydiving Daredevils
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rise of the Emirates as an Airline Traffic Hub
Global Hit
Summer In The Global Village: Afro-Punk Fest — Part One
Wave Glider
Arts, Culture & Media
Searching the Pacific for Amelia Earhart’s Long Lost Airplane
Is it Time to Stop Worrying and Love the Domestic Drone?
Global Politics
Pakistan Building its Own Drones
Earth Ear