Boeing's 757 is a single aisle plane capable of operating from a range of airports, including short-field runways, according to the Boeing Web site. The aircraft shares a common flight deck with ...

American Airlines should finish its inspections of Boeing 757’s Wednesday after seats on three flights came loose from the floor. The airline acknowledged Tuesday that seats came loose on a ...

The 757, by contrast, had a maximum range of just under 4,500 miles. Small wonder, then, that many airlines around the world are already making the transition.

Boeing launched the wide-body jet in 1978 as the 767, with United Airlines scheduled to be its first customer. It also was supposed to come in three variants: the 767-100, the 767-200, and the ...

The final 757 rolled out of Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington, in October 2004. The aircraft was delivered to Shanghai Airlines in April 2005 and now flies for Delta Air Lines as N823DX.

Continental Airlines, now United Airlines, switched its 757-300 order to the newer 737-800 in 2003, for example. Boeing stopped producing the plane in 2004 but didn't replace the program with ...

Airlines are using more narrow-body planes across the Atlantic, opening new routes for flyers. New single-aisle planes offer cost efficiency, smaller capacity, and flexible cabins. The Boeing 757 ...

A United Airlines Boeing 757-224 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on December 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The plane involved in Monday's incident was a 757-200, and is nearly ...