One aviation expert believes Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah maneuvered the plane to take one final look at his home town before crashing.

The airline is testing virtual windows that could pave the way for lighter and faster planes.

A 3security researcher is set to prove how security weaknesses in satellite communication (SATCOM) technology exposed “some of the largest airlines in the U.S. and Europe” to hackers and could be exploited by adversaries to reveal NATO bases in conflict zones. Building on research first published in 2014, Ruben Santamarta, an expert at cybersecurity company IO/Active, will tell attendees at 2018’s BlackHat hacker conference in August how “entire fleets” of airplanes were left accessible from the internet, leaving hundreds of in-flight craft at risk.

United Airlines has settled with the owners of a French bulldog puppy that died after a flight attendant insisted that the carrier containing the dog be stowed in an overhead bin for a 3-hour flight.

Investigators display rocket with unique serial number found in the jet wreckage which matches missile launcher belonging to Putin military convoy in Ukraine.

US mum-of-two was the passenger partially sucked out a broken plane window during a midair nightmare.

In September 2016, a Southwest flight suffered a similar engine explosion that resulted from a broken fan blade and tore a nearly foot-long hole into the wing of the aircraft, which forced to make an emergency landing. Reuters reported the airlines fought against new inspections rules proposed by the engine manufacturer.

Thermochemical solar fuel manufacturing would be an energy industry with a life of centuries, rather than decades. The feedstock of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water is essentially unlimited. Scientists with the SOLAR-JET Project have demonstrated the first-ever entire process to make kerosene, the jet fuel used by commercial airlines, using a high-temperature thermal solar reactor...

The airliner was carrying 71 people when it vanished from radar after leaving Moscow for the Urals.

A team of Chinese researchers has claimed to have designed a hypersonic jet that could travel at 6,000km/h, five times faster than the speed of sound. The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the plane would be able to transport passengers and cargo from Beijing to New York in two hours – the journey currently takes an average of 13 and a half hours.

A naval aviator is in the running to become the Navy’s first female commanding officer of an aircraft carrier in the service’s history. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt is the executive officer of the carrier Abraham Lincoln, one of 11 aircraft carriers stationed around the world. She reported to the Lincoln in September 2016 and is the first woman in naval history to hold the title of executive officer aboard a nuclear warship.

Picture international air travel without the hassle: no costly airport transfer, no busy security line or passport control, no waiting to board or depart. Instead, you're in and out of the airplane in minutes and jet setting across the world to your destination in no time at all. According to SAMAD Aerospace, the UK-based mastermind behind a new high-tech, dynamic airplane called the Starling Jet, this dream could soon be a business travel reality.

A midair accident meant the crew had to learn to fly without a tail fin—and fast.

NASA’s aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist.

Airbus has partnered with Zodiac Aerospace to create the berths, which will be available by 2020 to airlines flying its A330 wide-body jets.

Three Asia-bound American Airlines flights that normally fly over Russia have been rerouted, as the airline assesses growing geopolitical tensions, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Saturday. In an internal memorandum sent to pilots on Saturday that was seen by CNBC, the airline warned that some flights into Asia could be rerouted, as relations between Moscow and Washington appear to worsen because of the U.S.-led military intervention in Syria.

Data and modern cooking techniques are helping airline food to improve. And at 30,000 feet, sous-vide is helping to keep food fresh and flavoursome

Howdy, pardner, please buckle your seatbelt and put your phone on airplane mode.

Leading air safety experts have concluded that the captain of flight MH370 deliberately crashed the plane. They include the man who spent two years heading the search, who now says Captain Zaharie Amad Shah carefully planned a murder-suicide mission. The Malaysia Airlines jet was on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 with 239 people on board when it disappeared.

The missile launcher used to shoot down MH17 over Ukraine was part of the Russian armed forces, an international team of investigators has confirmed. Detailed analysis of video images established the missile came from a Russia-based military unit, the Joint Investigation Team said. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Dutch National Police’s crime squad, said the Buk missile was from the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade, which is based in the Russian city of Kursk.

A dog being flown by Delta Air Lines from Phoenix to Newark, New Jersey, died during the trip Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman for the airline. The owners, Michael Dellegrazie and his girlfriend, were moving from Phoenix to New York and decided to put their 8-year-old Pomeranian, Alejandro, on a plane so they could pick the dog up at the Newark airport.

Malaysia Airlines, which lost a wide-body jet with 239 people aboard three years ago in one of history’s most enduring aviation mysteries, has become the first airline to sign an agreement for space-based flight tracking of its aircraft. Malaysia Airlines Bhd. reached a deal with Aireon LLC, SITAONAIR and FlightAware LLC to enable it to monitor the flight paths of its aircraft anywhere in the world including over the polar regions and the most remote oceans, according to an emailed press release from Aireon.

It's a major win for drone hobbyists, who say the FAA doesn’t have the power to make them register their model aircraft.

"Following the major IT system failure experienced earlier today, with regret we have had to cancel all flights leaving from Heathrow and Gatwick for the rest of today, Saturday, May 27. "The system outage has also affected our call centres and our website but we will update customers as soon as we are able to.

It's an idea long supported by most of the commercial airlines and the union, who say the system is inefficient under the Federal Aviation Administration.

Airplanes can't fly because it's too hot? That's crazy. No, not if you understand the science behind it.

Last month, a team of MIT engineers launched Jungle Hawk Owl from the back of a compact car.

Hours after a plane crashed in the Mississippi Delta on Monday, the Marine Corps said that a KC-130 airplane had suffered a “mishap.”

An Air Canada pilot mistakenly started to land on a SFO taxiway, where four fully-loaded planes were waiting to take off, rather than the runway.

Passenger group challenged Federal Aviation Administration after agency rejected request for rules on seat size and distance between rows...

A pilot carried out a heart-stopping emergency landing during which he couldn't see – after giant hailstones shattered the windscreen of his severely damaged jet. Captain Alexander Akopov picked up the Ukrainian Order For Courage in his home country after landing the Airbus A320 at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Thursday.

Soon the Roskilde Airshow 2017 will be held. This is a photo from the 2015 event.

Drift analysis of debris reveals new coordinates for potential impact location

British aerospace firm Reaction Engines Limited (REL) is working on an aircraft that will be able to transport passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours, while also being able to reach outer space.