JetZero, Natilus, and Airbus are shooting for entry to service in the 2030s, meaning the reality of blended-wing commercial travel is still years away at best. And there are plenty of challenges.

Aviation startup Natilus presented the first images and details of the Horizon blended wing body aircraft, can seat up to 196 ...

The 200-passenger flagship model is set to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A321 NEO in the narrowbody market ...

L ooking at any of the existing variants of the Airbus A320, it is possible to see a few different things on the ends of their wings. On older examples of the aircraft, there may ...

In 2020, Airbus built a small-blended wing demonstrator, about six feet in length, signaling interest in pursuing a full-size aircraft in the future. But if the shape is so effective, ...

Expected to carry 200+ people by 2030, the Pathfinder uses a unique "blended-wing body" design where the wing and fuselage are one. Expected to carry 200+ people by 2030, ...

I tend to be the glass-half-empty perspective on the staff, and it's definitely true with blended wing body, which I've written about in mini surges of interest over the past 20 years, really ...

The JetZero blended wing body prototype will be powered by a Pratt & Whitney-geared turbofan engine that’s already used on different models of Airbus aircraft.

A San Diego startup says it will build the world’s first blended wing body (BWB) airliner as soon as it rounds up investors with the billions of dollars needed to mount such an effort. Natilus ...

Aircraft manufacturers don't want airlines or airports to have to spend a lot of money to accommodate a new jet type. The blended-wing plans are designed to fit into existing airport infrastructure.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general ...