21st-Century Fleet: Performance

video | June 2, 2023

After a three-year hiatus, Lufthansa has officially returned the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, to commercial operations. The airline grounded the type during the height of the pandemic and, at one point, confirmed it wouldn't return. That changed, and the aircraft will be deployed worldwide by year's end....

video | June 3, 2023

Airbus has secured a new order for both its A330-900 and A350-1000 in a further boost to both of its widebody aircraft programs that continue to sustain interest from global carriers....

video | June 2, 2023

Axiom Mission 2 crew members return to Earth, discussing unidentified anomalous phenomena, and a water plume off of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!...

video | May 31, 2023

It’s been well-discussed but yet to be made official: The Airbus A220-500. This will be a further stretch of the A220 platform, extending beyond the A220-300. While we know models and simulations for stretched A220 variants already exist, Airbus has yet to confirm any such products will move into more serious development. Let’s look at what some analysts are expecting in the coming weeks…...