Virginia-based aviation company Electra says it managed to get some 2,200 orders for its short-, low-speed take off aircraft, ...

Taxiways are routes used by planes to move on the ground between gates, hangars and runways. Runways are the long, usually ...

Electra's aircraft looks conventional enough, but it generates ludicrous amounts of lift, to take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using almost no runway. With US$9 billion in pre-orders, it's ...

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday ...

Air traffic controllers stopped a potential disaster yesterday at the Orlando International Airport (MCO), when a Southwest jet almost took off from a taxiway instead of a runway. Southwest said no ...

"Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to understand the circumstances of the event," a spokesperson for the airline said.

A near disaster is under investigation after a Southwest Airlines flight bound for New York tried taking off on a taxiway ...

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway, rather than a runway, at Orlando International Airport in Florida ...

Federal agencies are investigating after a Southwest Airlines jet nearly took off from a taxiway instead of a runway at ...

The aircraft’s top speed was about 80 mph, according to flight data tracker FlightRadar24. Airplanes typically travel about ...