It is more than 100 years since Louis Bleriot made the first cross Channel flight from Calais to Dover ushering in a new era of aviation. But next week Airbus will take the next giant leap in air ...

An electric aircraft has crossed the English Channel for the first time. The question is, which one is it? On Friday, Airbus Group announced that its E-Fan technology demonstrator claimed the prize by ...

The aviation world hasn’t witnessed this type of intrigue in 106 years — at least as far as an English Channel crossing is concerned. Seeking to replicate Louis Blériot’s famous overwater flight in ...

Airbus has flown across the English Channel in an electricity-powered plane. The journey is considered an important step toward making electric flight viable in the future. Airbus flew its first ...

According to an announcement on Sept. 10, the VoltAero (Médis, France) team will perform its second historic crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft, using the company’s Cassio 1 ...

LONDON—French shipping company Brittany Ferries has signed an agreement with U.S. startup Regent to study the use of electric-powered wing-in-ground (WIG) vehicles for English Channel passenger ...