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At Air Show, the Worry: Too Many Planes?

As airlines cut back on services and lay off thousands, planemakers such as Airbus and Boeing are sitting on a record backlog of orders
Slide Show: The Planes of Farnborough

Gearing Up for More Airbus A380 Service

Soon more airlines will be flying the superjumbo, and the buzz over the A380 ought to help with ticket sales—at least for a while
Slide Show: Next in Line for Takeoff

The Real Action Is in Private Jets

Pricey fuel be damned. It's full speed ahead on orders for $3 million-plus business aircraft—often from Asia, Russia, or the Middle East

EADS Takes Aim at U.S. Defense Business

Confident of eventual success in the reopened tanker bidding, the Airbus maker plans to fight for more Pentagon contracts

GE Gives Turboprops a Whirl

At Britain's Farnborough Air Show, the American giant is unveiling a retro engine design for the business air travel market

Raytheon Taps Video Games to Pilot Drones

As remote-controlled planes take on larger military roles, defense companies are borrowing techniques from the video game industry

Boeing Gets Another Shot at Tanker Deal

But the Pentagon, in reopening the Air Force's $35 billion award to Northrop Grumman and EADS, may have put Boeing at a disadvantage

Younger Fleets Boost Non-U.S. Airlines

The aging planes of Northwest, American, United, and Delta guzzle more gas, making the U.S. carriers more vulnerable to soaring oil prices—and to global competitors

Airbus' Cost-Cuts Don't Fly

The überstrong euro, on top of a failed plan to sell factories, means the planemaker may have to take brutal measures that will slash European jobs

What Airbus Learned from the Dreamliner

As the planemaker finalizes its superlight A350, it's paying close attention to Boeing's mistakes