Today’s commercial airliners are not exactly fuel efficient. The average 747, for example, burns through a gallon of kerosene-based fuel every second that it flies. And with 8.2 billion people ...

It’s not easy being green — particularly if you’re learning to fly. Air travel has been slow to adopt clean energy, but while the next generation of aviators waits for commercial airlines to move away ...

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentum Ventures™, the parent company behind online travel agencies FlightHub™ and JustFly.com™, joins the global aviation community in celebrating the strides achieved in ...

Tesla is hinting at making electric motors for airplanes, boats, and more in a new trademark filing that went unnoticed. Update: It turns out a Tesla fan filed the trademark on behalf of Tesla – ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Imagine hopping an air taxi from your home in Solon, traveling the 25 miles to Cleveland Hopkins in less than 10 minutes, then boarding a regional, electric-powered jet to Cincinnati ...

Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Innovation" has hit a top speed of 387.4 MPH, tentatively smashing the speed record for electric airplanes, Gizmodo has reported. It ...

Rolls-Royce, best known in aviation for its jet engines, has taken an all-electric airplane on its maiden voyage. The “Spirit of Innovation” completed a 15 minute flight, marking “the beginning of an ...

North America’s largest seaplane airline, Harbour Air, announced a partnership with magniX and H55 to produce what it is calling “the world’s first certified all-electric commercial airplane.” The new ...

Judy Woodruff: On a day when Exxon and Royal Dutch/Shell took some hits in court and among their shareholders, it's clear there is increasing pressure to address climate change. Fuel for ...

An artist’s concept shows Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft with GlobalX’s livery. (Eviation Illustration) Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says that GlobalX, an air charter operator based in ...

Right now, obviously, the viability of electric airplanes is a problem of energy density of the batteries. Plus, you need to carry your empty-but-still-heavy batteries the whole way to your ...