If you’re a frequent flier, you may barely pay attention to the routine stages of flight. Still, you know the basics: After takeoff, the airplane climbs for the first 15 to 20 minutes before reaching ...

Airlines are already preparing for a major winter storm this weekend. Here’s how you can, too.

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Commercial aviation has changed global travel, making it possible to cross entire continents in a fraction of the time it once took. From the early days of the Wright brothers, airplanes have become ...

A whopper snowstorm is expected to bring dangerous travel conditions across a large swath of the United States this weekend.

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A commercial airliner can weigh anywhere from 100,000 pounds to over a million pounds. It is astonishing how such gargantuan weight can not only take off from the ground, but also routinely fly long ...

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