Spirit is set to receive 92 Airbuses through 2031. With the 10% tariff and $110 million starting price per plane, it would have to pay at least $1 billion.
Read MoreAt this point, the beloved former econo airline may as well be just another airline.
Read MoreA cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles across the Pacific Ocean caught fire on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe yoke Boeing pilots use to fly a plaine is a technology that goes back over a century. Many other planes use modern side sticks instead. Why doesn't Boeing?
Read MoreBoeing's parade of 7X7 names (the 727, 737, 747, and on and on) have been around for decades. Where did they come from, and why are they still here?
Read MoreThe FAA is assessing the loss of institutional knowledge and experience caused by Trump's deferred-resignation program.
Read MoreSpoiler alert: It isn't good.
Read MoreSupersonic commercial flights were once the fastest way to fly, but Concorde jets have been out of service for more than two decades now. What happened?
Read MoreLike any distinctive nose does, the hump over the cockpit of the Boeing 747 sets it apart. What's the reason for the 747's unusual proboscis?
Read MoreIf you ever get a chance to go up in one of Goodyear's four semi-rigid dirigibles, absolutely do it. Even if you're afraid of heights. It kicks ass.
Read MoreThe F-22 Raptor was a marvelous piece of engineering, and far superior to anything else in the air. So why did the Air Force cancel its production?
Read MoreThe wildlife crossing will allow animals to cross over one of the busiest roadways in the world that sees around 300,000 travelers daily.
Read MoreNow, I'm not saying the sheriff's department did its math wrong, but I'm also not going to pretend that isn't an absolutely unfathomable amount of bees.
Read MoreThe bill introduced by Representative Jerrold Nadler would prohibit all non-essential helicopter flights within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty.
Read MoreWhile Boom Supersonic boasted about there being no audible sonic boom on the ground, its airliner still isn't allowed to break the sound barrier over the U.S.
Read MoreTwo pigeons decided to save a little energy and time and fly to Wisconsin to see friends, just not under their own power.
Read MoreThe DoD will likely do a full sweep of Trump's new plane for any kind of recording or listening devices, but how many do we think will actually be found?
Read MoreTrump has pushed corporate welfare into a new era of corporatocracy that makes the Gilded Age's trusts look quaint and restrained by comparison.
Read MoreAn air traffic controller mistakenly cleared the takeoff, forgetting that another airliner was still on the runway.
Read MoreThat's not a tumor on the back of the AWACS plane; it's a piece of equipment vital to U.S. defense. Here's what's happening to the AWACS as they're phased out.
Read MoreMany commercial jets on an airport's runway have chevrons on their engines. However, whenever Boeing's 777X is ready to fly, don't expect to see the design.
Read MoreIt's only through air traffic controllers' diligence in the face of ever-worsening work conditions that things haven't all gone to hell.
Read More29-year-old Oliver Wagner left his corporate job at Discount Tire, bought a boat, and is now on day 14 of his voyage sailing from Oregon to Hawaii.
Read MoreBoeing secured its largest-ever order with Qatar Airways buying 130 787 Dreamliners and 30 soon-to-be-launched 777X planes, and the actual value is $96 billion.
Read MoreTurning a plane into Air Force One requires a lot more than a tacky gold livery and would, in fact, likely cost taxpayers close to $1 billion.
Read MoreOne air traffic controller managed all the flights in Newark for three hours on Monday night, while tech outages have delayed or canceled hundreds of flights.
Read MoreThe rumors are true. You're going to have to wait just a bit longer before you can take a ride on the world's largest commercial aircraft, but for good reason.
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