While not in commercial service yet, the Boeing 777X will soon become the first commercial aircraft of this size to have folding wingtips. The tips of the wings are designed to fold on the ground ...

First, the tailgate and the wing doors open. The aircraft then moves out of the rear on a rail, its wings folded tightly against the fuselage like an insect emerging from its cocoon. When it ...

Certification tests are underway again for the much-delayed updated widebody aircraft, having been suspended in August to address structural defects.