With a growing market for passenger-to-freighter conversions, the major airframe components directly involved with main deck handling of bulk freight and cargo contained within unit load devices are ...

Autonomous electric planemaker Pyka has developed the world's largest zero-emission freighter. The aircraft, known as Pelican Cargo, is pilotless and can carry up to 400 pounds across 200 miles.

June 19, 2023: Currently, cargo aircraft lacking a cargo ramp in the rear must use a fork-lift or K-loader to get cargo onto or off the aircraft. The K-loader is a hydraulically operated cargo lift ...

ACIA Aero Leasing will soon start converting its first ATR 72-600 freighter with a large cargo door. The work starts in August at Empire Aerospace in Hayden, Idaho. The project was originally ...

German investigators are exploring two scenarios after a DHL Air Boeing 757-200 converted freighter’s main cargo door opened in flight, some 3min after take-off from Leipzig. Three occupants – the ...

After operating thousands of cargo-only passenger flights since late March, Cathay Pacific has deployed two widebody aircraft with seats removed to maximize floor loading of cargo in the passenger ...

The airline is also facing a $1 billion lawsuit after a portion of a plane blew out mid-flight in January Getty Alaska Airlines is in the news once again for a recent incident concerning a commercial ...

The Boeing 747 is one of the most popular and most recognizable aircraft ever produced, featuring a second deck at the front of its fuselage and four powerful engines under its wings. The 747 was the ...

Can a Passenger open an aircraft door inflight? If not, what stops them? In todays video I will be discussing the doors, slides and emergency exits on the Boeing 737-800. I will be talking about ...