A US startup building a radical 'flying wing' plane to take on Airbus and Boeing revealed its first airline customer

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
Natilus spicejet plane
Natilus' futuristic "blended-wing body" plane builds the cabin into the wing.

Natilus

Airbus CEO said the future of commercial aviation could be a B-2 bomber-like plane with a cabin in the wing

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
A scaled model of an Airbus Blended-Wing Body (BWB) zero emission concept aircraft, on display at the Farnborough Airshow, on 22nd July 2022, at Farnborough, England.
A scale model of the Airbus Blended-Wing Body concept aircraft, which would run on hydrogen.

Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images

He saved over 400 lives midair. Now, this former pilot warns AI could make pilots' jobs harder, especially during a crisis.

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis, Style
5 men in pilot attire
The five-person crew for Qantas Flight 32 (left to right): Captain David Evans, Captain Harry Wubben, Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, First Officer Matt Hicks, Second Officer Mark Johnson.

Courtesy of Richard de Crespigny

All the president's rides: Photos show every mode of official transportation used by US presidents

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Style
Trump disembarks Air Force One with The Beast visible in the foreground.
President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona, en route to the Memorial Service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, Sunday, September 21, 2025.

Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Scientists Unveil Wild New Way to Explore the Edge of Space

Gizmodo
Photophoresis Aircraft Mesosphere

See inside a test Boeing 777X, which has been further delayed to 2026 and annoyed its top customer

Tech Insider
Wide view of Boeing 777-9 test bed, with two rows of three blue seats on either side and instrumentation racks in the distance
The interior of a 777X testbed at the 2023 Paris Air Show.

Pete Syme/Insider

China's first home-grown airliner is seeking its first Western buyer as it takes advantage of Airbus and Boeing delays. Meet the Comac C919.

Tech Insider : Travel
A Comac C919 in the company livery.
Comac C919.

Shi Yuge/VCG via Getty Images

United executive said the new Airbus A321XLR will replace Boeing 757 routes and open new ones

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
United 757
United is planning to replace virtually every existing 757 route with the new Airbus A321XLR.

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

Qatar CEO says the airline isn't ditching its Airbus A380s just yet. See inside the superjumbo, complete with a bar and lounge.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
Qatar a380 bar with sparkling chandelier
Qatar's A380s come equipped with a flying bar and lounge for business and first-class passengers.

MIGUEL MEDINA/Getty Images

The Trump Organization unveiled a Boeing 737 to fly running mate JD Vance along the campaign trail

Tech Insider
JD Vance standing in front of a campaign plane that says
Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance used the newly leased Boeing plane to make a campaign stop in Arizona.

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Subscribe to Aircraft