Replacing the Boeing 747 has proven far more difficult than the aviation industry expected, largely because no single modern aircraft can match its combination of 400+ passenger capacity, more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ongoing problems with the V-22 Osprey aircraft must be addressed and new systems put in place to prevent deadly accidents, the ...

Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels on several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources revealed Monday. The suspected production flaw is delaying some ...

Since it first flew in 1967, the Boeing 737 has been one of the greatest success stories in commercial aviation. With a small, narrow-body (a single aisle between the seats) plane with short- to ...

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Most large commercial aircraft programs destroy economic value for airframers. Individual aircraft programs fail to deliver a positive return on investment for many reasons, but a common theme is that ...