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

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...

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

A blended-wing body aircraft is essentially one giant wing with the cabin built inside. Two California companies are racing ...

Airbus Woes While Boeing Rebounds Show How Quickly the Script Can Flip

As Boeing Co. lurched from one crisis to the next last year, its European rival quietly went about churning out aircraft, with Airbus SE Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury routinely reminding his ...
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China wants to challenge Airbus and Boeing and shake up global aviation. Here's what you need to know about its upstart planemaker, Comac.

Comac, China's state-owned planemaker, has huge ambitions to disrupt Boeing and Airbus' hold on aviation. Its main plane, the C919, is a direct competitor to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. While it ...