The jet stream has been pushing airliners across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at high speed, with some west-to-east ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...

At least two Ryanair flights ended up back where they started, while another was diverted 300 miles away as Storm Éowyn hit ...

An unusually strong jet stream pushed the British Airways flight to 814 miles per hour nearly breaking the subsonic speed ...

Britain could face travel disruption and see damage to buildings from Thursday onwards as Storm Eowyn lashes the UK.

An Atlantic jet stream is set to bring "the strongest winds of winter" later this week, with weather warnings being put in ...

But within 23 minutes of takeoff, it was careening over the Atlantic at 803 mph — and still got to London’s Heathrow Airport on time. The reason? Fierce jet stream winds supercharging its speed.

The planes were traveling at their usual cruising speeds — typically about 600 mph — but were propelled by the North Atlantic jet stream flowing much faster than usual. So, while the planes ...