The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...

In recent years, airlines have increased revenue by both expanding capacity and by selling a higher percentage of the seats available (load factor). Increased load factor is almost free money because ...

Europe's seat capacity recovery as a percentage of 2019 levels remains in the narrow range of 86%-87% that it has occupied almost every week since late May-2022. Seat numbers in Europe are at 87.5% in ...

The U.S. Air Force used the T-34A Mentor (Beechcraft Model 45) for flight training in the 1950s. Credit: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force The certification standards under Federal Aviation ...