That’s why some passengers were understandably puzzled when they spotted pilots consulting Google Maps before takeoff. While ...

As the distance between a city pair increases, flight paths ... in the air, but the flight will arrive closer to on-time than if the dispatcher had planned a more straight-line route through ...

As many flights from North America ... the string takes the shortest path, however, seeing it on a 2D world map makes it look distorted. Planes flying over Alaska are just a way to ensure minimal air ...

“They have more flexible routes and can adjust their flight paths more easily than commercial flights that follow rigid air traffic control routes," says Wohl. "They fly at higher ...

A flight-tracking website shows the path of the Malaysia Airlines plane that reportedly went down near the Russian border. The Boeing 777 plane - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 - was flying over ...

International flights, especially from Delhi and other northern cities, will take a longer time to reach their destinations ...