A380âs Initial Flight Is an Aviation Buffâs Delight
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After glitches and delays amid growing demand for air travel, Singapore Airlines savored the distinction of being the first to fly the double-decker behemoth with paying passengers.
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The ultimate flight-to-safety investment.
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Hundreds of jobs at an aviation plant are secured in a deal to service the engines for the Airbus A380 superjumbo.
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The multi-billion dollar Anglo-American Joint Strike Fighter successfully completes its maiden test flight.
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The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, leaves Singapore for Sydney on its first commercial flight.
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PARIS -- The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took off with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday, and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program.
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The GlobalFlyer, a single-seat airplane designed to make the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world, is a feat of engineering.
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MOJAVE, CALIF: Completing the first leg of a quest for a $10 million prize, a test pilot took a privately financed plane past the cusp of space on Wednesday morning in a flight that had equal measures of white-knuckle moments and triumph.
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When the passengers and crew of the British European Airways Viking took off into the skies above London 55 years ago, they could not have known that the fate of the aircraft would become an enduring mystery.
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The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took off with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the 10 billion euro ($13 billion) super jumbo program.
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An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$100,380) for a first-class seat on the Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight.
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If you want to help friends in high places, a Gulfstream jet at the ready is a handy thing.
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A large executive jet order may be just the beginning.
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Luxury air travel is reaching new heights but German passengers are to be treated to an opulent experience on the ground.
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Airbus' giant A380, a double-decked behemoth that could revolutionize long-haul flying, was getting a lavish coming out Tuesday, with European leaders gathered for the first official look at the world's largest ever passenger plane.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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The Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, has received its air worthiness certificate from US and European authorities, 10 months before Singapore Airlines is to get the first commercial model.