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Rockets used to launch satellites fall back to Earth, and as their number grows, the risk faced by people living on the ground — or flying in airplanes — increases.
The Biden administration fears that further consolidation in the aviation industry will lead to worse outcomes for consumers – but do mergers necessarily push up prices?
Airlines are investing in sustainable biofuel startups and starting to uses alternative fuels, including cooking oil, ag waste and corn ethanol. But biofuels alone won’t be enough, research shows.
The bottom line is air travel is very safe – much safer than road travel. But that doesn’t stop us from wondering…
Batteries could well be powering short-haul flights in the near future.
When you’re down an engine and you have lot of water under you, you have a process to follow. You don’t panic, you don’t go off the rails, you remember your training, and that’s what happened here.
A tragic plane crash has claimed at least 68 lives in Nepal – the latest in a string of aviation disasters in a country grappling with improving the safety of its flight industry.
The Notices to Air Mission system failed on Jan. 10, 2023, leading to thousands of canceled flights. The system is where all important safety information for pilots and dispatchers gets posted.
No, you’re not imagining it. Your body does some weird things up in the air. Here’s a guide to the common and merely embarrassing to the rare, but serious.
Carbon taxes targeting luxury emissions are more popular than those which make necessities more expensive.
Is it true our phones are dangerous for aircraft navigation? An expert explains.
Air Canada and United Airlines both have orders for hybrid electric 30-seaters. An aerospace engineer explains where electrification, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels are headed.
there are no easy solutions to the problems Qantas faces. It must balance the cost cutting required with further aggravating its workforce.
Aviation has long been shamed for its carbon footprint. But cutting non-CO2 emissions may hold the key to rapid change.
When Pacific Forum economic ministers meet today in Vanuatu, the region’s troubled airline sector should be high on their agenda.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been unlike any crisis, both in terms of depth and duration, and has damaged the aviation industry more than most sectors.
Ultra long-haul flights make it possible to go Sydney to London non-stop. But does the world need them, given they are more polluting and less efficient?
Industry has renewed confidence after Boeing made commitments to redesign aircraft and train pilots
The radio frequency at which 5G operates in the US is close to that of an important piece of aircraft equipment, called radio altimeters.
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