The impacts of the ongoing government shutdown have reached the wealthiest fliers, with 12 major US airports now closed to private jets.

As the government’s closure drags on, commercial airline passengers are suffering. But private aviation is doing banner business.

Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier said the new Global 8000 set a new industry benchmark for cabin altitude, 41,000 feet feel like 2,691 feet.

The crash of a UPS plane last week in Louisville, Kentucky, brought renewed attention to a little-noticed issue in the aviation world: cargo aircraft safety. While data is often conflicting, pilots and aviation safety advocates say such planes are more likely to crash than passenger aircraft and need attention for safety upgrades.

SUPERSONIC holiday flights over land are one step closer after an experimental “quiet” supersonic Nasa jet took flight. Late last month, Nasa’s so-called “Flying

China, the president of corporate planemaker Gulfstream Aerospace said, in ​a rare case of demand softening in an otherwise upbeat global market for private aircraft.-based Gulfstream Aerospace, a division of General Dynamics,

The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.

New York got touchdowns on a kickoff return and a punt return in the same game for the first time in franchise history, Breece Hall took a screen pass from Justin Fields 42 yards for the go-ahead score and the Jets held on to defeat the Cleveland Browns 27-20 on a rainy Sunday.