Aviation

Hello, and welcome to WIRED Travel, WIRED’s new destination for coverage of all things transportation, aviation, vacation, and more. Of course, innovations in travel technology, from next-generation electric vehicles to fuel-sipping,…

How Amazon's service fares in the desert could end up underscoring the natural barriers to making a solid business out of drone deliveries, at least absent technological advances. “We won't take orders when the temperature gets above 104…

As terrible as that tradeoff is, it’s worth noting that the risk of death on a commercial airliner to anyone, lap-held infants included, remains vanishingly low—so let the pangs of guilt subside if you’ve flown holding your baby on your…

Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based aerospace manufacturer that manufactured the door plug that blew out on the Alaska Airlines flight, declined to comment on the incident. However, in a statement published on its website, Spirit says its…

“There are companies that have partnerships and collaborations, but they’re all still in development,” claims Berdichevsky, “while we’re ready for scale production manufacturing.”Not coincidentally, Moses Lake is also home to REC Silicon, a…

Britain ought to pioneer passenger flights aboard electrical planes hopping between the UK mainland and islands dotted across the coast, friends had been advised as we speak.Ministers had been urged to again know-how for greener plane to…

In the State of the Union earlier this month, President Joe Biden called out the service industry’s practice of charging “junk fees.” Read more...

Flying can be stressful with delays, cancelations, unforeseen costs, bad service, and turbulent weather. But some of these frustrations can be avoided—by simply choosing an earlier flight. It’s never easy to drag yourself to the airport…

Is Japan one of your bucket-list destinations? Did you have to cancel your plans to attend the Tokyo Summer Olympics, and now want to try to again, except this time without the sports?Read more...

The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.