The flight was 10 hours and 23 minutes, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking service. The aircraft is configured to seat 295 passengers, it said. The Boeing 777 is a smaller, wide-body jet that can travel long distances without refueling and is …

I do, however, question their experience in the designing, manufacturing and testing of commercial aircraft, a different animal than the fighter jet. They did not need to consider such issues as maintenance, … How do Boeing or Airbus do this, what …

At a cost of over $200 million, the Dreamliner is big business for Boeing. … And it makes more use of lithium-ion batteries than other jets to provide power for things like flight controls and a backup generator when its engines are shut down. Each …

A Boeing 777 jet has crashed while attempting to land at San Francisco airport, US aviation authorities confirmed on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that a plane, thought to be operated by Asiana Airlines and reported as …

Adar Poonawalla, son of the Indian biotech billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, was in the room and bought two paintings of heads of bearded men. The first, catalogued being by the studio of Rembrandt, cost £59,475; the second, catalogued as a Titian, went …

Speaking at a press conference after the launch of Maybank Aspire, Lim said the offering would first be targetted to 60,000 of its overall 300,000 “mass affluent” customers. The service aims to fill existing gaps by providing a differentiated banking …

… of child mortality, nutrition, schooling, access to safe drinking water, sanitation and housing compared to many countries. As recognised by UNICEF, Sri Lanka's experience is among the most compelling in achieving the best indicators for child and …

Around 9.2 billion condoms were sold in China last year, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts, and sales are predicted to reach 14.6 billion by 2018 amid "unprecedented growth", due to growth in reproductive health-care products. Mickie …

GOLD and trouble go together, because the metal is often seen as a haven in times of economic distress. But the relationship is complicated. Prices can rise or fall for seemingly contradictory reasons. Investment advisers these days are trying to make …