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Delivery drones and flying cars. China’s “low-altitude economy” is taking off

Airborne packages and people will soon be whizzing through China cities. The authorities have found a new industry they want Chinese firms to domi... (2025)


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Every setback is an opportunity for Ryanair | The Economist

Europe’s biggest airline has once again outmanoeuvred rivals | Business (2023)


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Rising in the east - Can Wizz Air soar amid the pandemic?

The Hungarian low-cost carrier looks better placed than rivals to thrive (2020)


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The silence of the owls: How owls fly without making a sound

No one knows exactly how the nocturnal hunters manage their whisper-soft flight, yet it is inspiring the design of quieter airplanes, fans and wind... (2020)


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Feds Warn Airlines Once Again To Offer Customers Refunds : Coronavirus Live Updates

The Department of Transportation received some 25,000 consumer complaints in March and April, up from about 1,500 a month. DOT will also allow airl... (2020)


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How the McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max crisis — Quartz (2020)

Only now, with the plane indefinitely grounded, are we beginning to see the scale of its effects.  “ Late in the summer of 1997, two of the most... (2020)


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Hundreds of thousands stranded after travel firm Thomas Cook collapses - 2019 - Reuters

Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook , sparking the largest... (2019)


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United Technologies, Raytheon To Merge To Create New Aerospace Giant : NPR

The new defense and aerospace company would be second only to Boeing in the U.S., according to the most recent Forbes revenue rankings. (2019)


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The mystery behind United’s secret, ultra-elite airline status - QZ

United Airlines invitation-only Global Services tier is the best gift a traveler can get (2019)


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The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

The morning of 6th January 1942 was going to be a cold one. Not that this was unusual for New York, mused the night-shift air controller at LaGuard... (2018)


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Faced with global warming, aviation aims to turn green

Will we someday be able to fly without the guilt of causing environmental damage? A handful of firms and regulators hope that the electric revoluti... (2018)


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How aircraft avoid mid-air collisions - The Economist explains

IT COULD have been one of the worst aviation disasters in history. Last August only a last-minute intervention stopped an Air Canada aeroplane from... (2018)


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Why it has taken 70 years to build a new runway for London - The Economist explains

ON JANUARY 10th 1946 Britain’s cabinet approved outline proposals for a third runway at Heathrow, London’s main international airport. When Heathro... (2018)


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Brazilian pacts: the Singapore Airshow 2018-02-06 | The Economist

Over the past few weeks salesmen at Airbus and Boeing, the world’s biggest planemakers, have honed (2018)


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Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production - The New York Times

The world’s largest passenger aircraft may no longer be manufactured if its only major customer, Emirates, does not order any more. (2018)


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How airlines are squeezing more seats onto their planes - Taking the piss | The Economist

WHEN Gary Leff, a prominent travel blogger, took his first flight on one of the new “no legroom” planes operated by American Airlines, he found tha... (2017)


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Why Airbus’s tie-up with Bombardier is so damaging for Boeing

The Economist, 2017: "The American aerospace giant’s campaign for tariffs against the C-Series aircraft has backfired. Aviation Week, a trade jour... (2017)


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How the Airline Industry Got Wise to Seat Belts | History | Air & Space Magazine

The complex history of a simple safety device. (2021)


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Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021

Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its... (2019)


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The Soviet Union’s flawed rival to Concorde

BBC, 2017: "The world’s first supersonic airliner was not the Anglo-French Concorde but a Soviet design intended to show the world the superiority ... (2017)


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The emerging Boeing 737 Max scandal, explained - Vox

It’s more than bad software. (2019)


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New airplane seat design will make it easier to sleep in economy | CNN Travel

Airplane seat concept, called Interspace, uses foldable wings to create a privacy barrier and offer extra comfort when trying to sleep. Its designe... (2019)


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Why do airplanes look like nightclubs now? - Vox

Airlines have gone all in on blue lighting. Blue airplane lighting has taken over Delta, JetBlue, and United Airlines have embraced blue lighti... (2019)


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Why flying in America keeps getting more miserable, explained - Vox

The 40-year rise and fall of airline competition. (2017)


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Why airlines make flights longer on purpose - BBC

Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called "padding", a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost. ... (2019)


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385 Feet of Crazy: The Most Audacious Flying Machine Ever || WIRED

Alt-aviation wizard Burt Rutan set out to design a plane that could haul rockets to the edge of space. Then he persuaded Microsoft cofounder Paul A... (2018)


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Why You're So Tempted by the Premium-Economy Upgrade - The Atlantic

Carriers are banking on the psychological allure of marginal luxury. “One of the trends that everyone in the airline industry is talking about n... (2022)


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(March 2020) - Airline plans canceled? Read this about getting refunds

If the coronavirus crisis had not wreaked havoc on the world, the travel industry would be on the brink of a very busy spring break travel season r... (2020)


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Pivotal kicks off U.S. sales of its lightweight electric personal Helix aircraft | TechCrunch

Pivotal, the Palo Alto, California-based company backed by Larry Page, kicked off online sales Monday night at CES 2024 for Helix, a lightweight el... (2024)


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eVTOLs: The $190K ‘Flying Car’ That Doesn’t Require a Pilot’s License | WSJ Tech Behind

Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts, or eVTOLs, promise a futuristic vision of the world. One company, Pivotal, is taking a different a... (2025)


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NASA Is Bringing Supersonic Planes BACK

When can you and I fly faster than sound?The first 100 people to use code CLEOABRAM with the link below will get 60% off of Incogni: http://incogni... (2023)


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Partnership Series: Blackshark.ai - Microsoft Flight Simulator

Learn about our partnership with Blackshark.ai to showcase groundbreaking technology. (2023)


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How do airplanes actually fly? - TedED - Raymond Adkins

Explore the physics of flight, and discover how aerodynamic lift generates the force needed for planes to fly.--By 1917, Albert Einstein had explai... (2023)


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The Economics of Airline Class

The Economics of Airline Class (2023)


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Are Hydrogen-Powered Planes Inevitable?

Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future, but it’s never quite taken off. Meet the scientists and entrepreneurs who are making it a ... (2022)


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The Economics of Private Jets

The Economics of Private Jets (2022)


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Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


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Why Airlines Don’t Make Money Flying. How Airlines Quietly Became Banks

Why Airlines Don’t Make Money Flying. How Airlines Quietly Became Banks Frequent flyer airline miles… (2021)


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Why the Hype Around Hypersonics?

Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here:https://try.magellantv.com/sabinehossenfelder. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free ... (2021)


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Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler

Why aren’t commercial flights getting faster? Dig into the technological and environmental problems facing supersonic flight. --In 1996, a British ... (2021)


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What It Takes To Become A Pilot — inside United's Simulator - CNBC

CNBC got an inside look at United Airlines Flight Training Center in Denver. At nearly half a million square feet, this facility is one of the larg... (2018)


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Supersonic air travel is finally coming back

Supersonic air travel is back. 15 years after the Concorde was grounded, everyone from aerospace companies to NASA to small startups is working to ... (2018)


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How Airports Make Money

Wendover Productions Published on Jul 17, 2018 (2018)


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Fatal Flight audiobook: Opening credits (1/14)

engineerguy Published on Jul 31, 2017 Download this audiobook, view the figures in the print version, or read the appendices. Fatal Flight: The ... (2018)


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Britain's Giant Airship: R.101

engineerguy Published on Feb 6, 2018 You can learn more about Bill's book Fatal Flight, The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship -- includi... (2018)


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Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship by Bill Hammack

Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship—a luxury liner three and a half times the length... (2018)


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Flight Connections - all flight routes worldwide

FlightConnections.com provides an overview of all flight routes worldwide. Find scheduled flights from all airports in the world. Discover airline ... (2026)


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Microsoft Flight Simulator - The next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises

Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises. (2023)


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Paper Airplane Designs

A database of paper airplane folding designs and instructions (2018)


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