Feb 4, 2025 · Boeing 777-300, which was launched by Cathay Pacific, is the world’s largest twin-engine passenger plane, and has an exit limit of 550. In a standard three class layout, the aircraft can accommodate 365 passengers -22 first class, 70 business class, 273 economy class.

Jan 9, 2025 · Here are the top 10 biggest commercial aircraft in the world in 2025, based on how many passengers they can accommodate. As airlines can configure their aircraft differently, we’ve used the exit limit to calculate the largest capacity airplanes.

An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a long, tube shaped, and jet powered aircraft.

Jan 29, 2025 · Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both ...

Feb 5, 2025 · The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces. There were no survivors. There were 64 passengers aboard the plane and three Army soldiers in the helicopter.

Jan 30, 2025 · Officials believe no one survived the crash involving an American Airlines passenger plane with an Army helicopter. On Wednesday, just before 9 p.m. ET, American Airlines Flight 5342 was involved ...

Airbus aircraft have become the preferred choice for passengers and operators around the globe. There’s nowhere they can’t go. From low-cost carriers to full-service airlines, and from short-haul to many of the longest routes worldwide.

The following is the list of purpose-built passenger jet airliners. It excludes turboprop and reciprocating engine powered airliners. It also excludes business jets and aircraft designed primarily for the transportation of air cargo .

The first aircraft produced under these terms was the Boeing 247 in 1933, the world's first modern airliner. It could carry 10 passengers, fly 50 percent faster than the Ford Tri-Motor, and cross the country in less than 20 hours.

Jun 30, 2022 · The Airbus A380-800 is the world's largest passenger aircraft with a maximum capacity of 853. It seats 193 more passengers than the second-largest passenger plane, the Boeing 747-400.