An all-electric powered seaplane has taken flight in Vancouver, Canada, in what the operators describe as a "world first" for the aviation industry. The short test flight by Harbour Air and magniX involved a six-passenger aircraft fitted with an electric motor.

The future of war.

A drone directed by artificial intelligence takes on a leading pro racer, in a contest that may help shape future humanitarian efforts.

Russia's Aeroflot on Tuesday (Nov 12) stripped a passenger of his air miles after he boasted online of sneaking his overweight cat on board by switching him for a slimmer cat during check-in.

A pilot project at Rotterdam airport plans to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into jet fuel.

Flight times from London to Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s, should a hypersonic rocket engine being developed in the UK get off the ground.

China has been unveiling a lot of new weaponry lately, but one of their latest reveals looks really, well, out of this world.

New evidence indicates that Boeing pilots knew about "egregious" problems with the 737 Max airplane three years ago, but federal regulators were not told about them. Investigators say the plane's new flight control system, called MCAS, is at least partially to blame for 737 Max crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia this year that killed 346 people. Acting on data from a single, faulty angle-of-attack sensor, MCAS repeatedly forced both planes into nosedives as the pilots struggled, but failed to regain control.

Google sibling Wing just launched commercial drone delivery in the U.S., and other companies are pursuing it. Questions about privacy, noise and liability still need to be answered.

Indonesia's final investigation says a faulty sensor, improper maintenance procedures, and problems with a flight control system all contributed to the October 2018 crash that killed 157 people.

The FAA has issued an Air Worthiness Directive (AD) for high time Boeing 737 NGs, requiring immediate inspections for cracks in their wing attachments called pickle forks. The cracks were discovered on high time aircraft which were torn down for conversion to freighters.

American Airlines told BuzzFeed News that the camera hardware “has never been activated.”

Both disasters saw the same model fall from the sky soon after take off: 11 minutes after the Lion Air flight departed Jakarta; six minutes after takeoff in Ethiopia

All flights are cancelled.

Ryanair and Wizz are under investigation for

Regulatory approval comes after an 18 month trial and 3,000 deliveries

I have been a pilot for 30 years, a software developer for more than 40. I have written extensively about both aviation and software engineering. Now it’s time for me to write about both together. The Boeing 737 Max has been in the news because of two crashes, practically back to back and involving brand new airplanes. In an industry that relies more than anything on the appearance of total control, total safety, these two crashes pose as close to an existential risk as you can get.

A conversation between a passenger and an airline has gone viral, largely because people find it intensely creepy. MacKenzie Fegan went to the airport last

Designed by Scots engineers, the Phoenix is a new type of plane which can travel long distances and stay aloft for long periods.