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First Class Is Getting Bigger: What the Boeing 737 MAX 10 Means for US Domestic Flying
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First Class Is Getting Bigger: What the Boeing 737 MAX 10 Means for US Domestic Flying

Delta and American are fitting the Boeing 737 MAX 10 with 24 first class seats, and Alaska is adding lie-flat...

Emirates Is Rebuilding Its A380s From Scratch While Qantas Calls Time On Its Superjumbos
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Emirates Is Rebuilding Its A380s From Scratch While Qantas Calls Time On Its Superjumbos

Emirates is spending $5 billion rebuilding its A380 interiors, while Qantas retires its Superjumbos from 2028....

Why Emirates Is Betting Big On The Boeing 777X Over The Airbus A350
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Why Emirates Is Betting Big On The Boeing 777X Over The Airbus A350

Emirates has 270 Boeing 777Xs on order versus 73 A350s. Here's why the Dubai giant is betting on size, GE9X en...

Why the Boeing 747-8 Ditched Winglets for Raked Wingtips
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Why the Boeing 747-8 Ditched Winglets for Raked Wingtips

The 747-8 skips winglets and uses raked wingtips instead — here's the aerodynamics, the 16% fuel saving, and w...

Why Boeing's Sawtooth Engines Are a Feature Airbus Never Wanted
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Why Boeing's Sawtooth Engines Are a Feature Airbus Never Wanted

Boeing's chevron engine nozzles on the 787, 737 MAX and 747-8 cut noise but cost efficiency — and even Boeing...

From the 737 to the Doomsday Plane: Airliner Engines That Power Military Giants
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From the 737 to the Doomsday Plane: Airliner Engines That Power Military Giants

Military workhorses like the C-17, P-8 Poseidon and KC-46 run on engines borrowed from the 757, 737 and 747. H...

Plane Spotting 101: Quick Tricks for Telling a 737 from an A320 (and Every Jet in Between)
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Plane Spotting 101: Quick Tricks for Telling a 737 from an A320 (and Every Jet in Between)

Quick visual tricks to identify commercial aircraft: 737 vs A320, 747 variants, 787 chevrons, 777 wheels and m...

Why Delta Retired Its Entire Boeing 777 Fleet and Went All-In on the Airbus A350
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Why Delta Retired Its Entire Boeing 777 Fleet and Went All-In on the Airbus A350

Delta retired all 18 Boeing 777s in 2020 and replaced them with Airbus A350s that burn 21% less fuel per seat....

Why the Airbus A330 Earned the Nickname "Butter Machine"
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Why the Airbus A330 Earned the Nickname "Butter Machine"

Why the Airbus A330 is called the "Butter Machine": tilted landing gear, a clever pitch trimmer and flare law...

Why New Boeing Planes Roll Out Green While Airbus Aircraft Look Patchy
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Why New Boeing Planes Roll Out Green While Airbus Aircraft Look Patchy

Why new Boeings are emerald green but Airbuses look patchy: coatings, EU chromium rules, composite fuselages a...

Why Your A321XLR Flight Feels Nose-Up at Cruise – And Why That's Normal
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Why Your A321XLR Flight Feels Nose-Up at Cruise – And Why That's Normal

The Airbus A321XLR cruises nose-up — here's the physics behind the tilt, the step climbs, and what passengers...

Why Boeing Dropped Its Famous Sawtooth Engines From the 777X
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Why Boeing Dropped Its Famous Sawtooth Engines From the 777X

Boeing removed its signature sawtooth chevron engines from the 777X. Here's how the GE9X beats noise rules wit...

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