The A350's winglets are much larger than the A330neo's, an aircraft that partially followed the A350's winglet design.

More weight is automatically seen as a negative in aviation, but is that always really the case or can it actually be ...

Boeing’s highly anticipated next-generation widebody, the 777X, has made headlines for its stunning curved wing form with a span of 235 feet (71.8 meters) that beats even the gigantic 747 and Lockheed ...

Airliners have become an unremarkable part of modern life, but unless you happen to be an aircraft enthusiast, you’d be forgiven for thinking the latest Airbus model looks more or less the same as the ...

With a US$425-million cash injection from NASA, Boeing will build and test a full-sized airliner based on its transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) concept, using long, thin, strut-braced wings to add ...

United Airlines has become the latest major US carrier to throw support behind the development of start-up JetZero’s proposed blended-wing-body (BWB) airliner. The Chicago-based carrier said on 24 ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

Airbus is studying blended-wing airliner designs as a means to cut CO2 emissions by more than 20% and has already test flown a sub-scale model as part of its research efforts. An initial sortie of ...