An appeals court reinstated a $72 million verdict against Boeing, determining that the company did interfere with ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday reinstated an $81 million award against Boeing in a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade ...

A struggling electric-planes startup won its high-stakes appeal against Boeing. The case was also reassigned over a judge's ...

Subtracting $20.8 million in damages that the jury determined Zunum could have prevented, Judge James Robart could award Zunum a maximum of $235 million. Boeing said it plans to appeal the judgment.

Now comes the Zunum aircraft, which promises to use its hybrid power arrangement to dramatically reduce the cost of flying between, say, Bakersfield and Los Angeles, or Charleston, W.V., to Detroit.

Zunum, a startup that’s won funding from both Boeing and the state of Washington, is developing a plane, mostly built of composites, with Tesla-style battery packs in the wings.

According to Zunum, the electric plane would have an operating cost of $250 per hour, allowing for significant savings in ticket price. Zunum is backed in its initiative by Boeing’s HorizonX.

Zunum Aero says its first hybrid-to-electric airplanes will wear the colors of JetSuite, a private aviation company that's a partner of JetBlue Airways.

Zunum says direct costs per seat mile could go as low as 8 cents, or $250 per hour for the aircraft. That’s roughly equivalent to the operating costs for discount airlines.

Zunum is working with both of its major backers to get their plane flying. Zunum's ZA10 12-seat regional plane will debut with a hybrid-electric drive system before moving to a fully-electric ...

Today, Zunum Aero, a Seattle-based startup backed by Boeing and JetBlue Technology Ventures, announced plans for its first hybrid-electric plane, a 12-seater capable of flying up to 700 miles at a ...

Zunum plans to conduct flight tests of its electric propulsion system next year. The company is developing its own electric motor that will be added to an existing aircraft for test purposes ...