Planes

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Driverless cars and planes are no longer the stuff of the future. In the city of San Francisco alone, two taxi companies have collectively logged 8 million miles of autonomous…

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…

Remote and hybrid work has reshaped the typical seasonal rush. Airlines and hotels see dollar signs.

The UK’s worst airport has been named after travellers waited over an hour at security. Researchers asked nearly 1,300 people who travelled from a UK airport over that period how long they queued for at security – with some…