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There is a lot of explanation: but these are the basics: An airplanes wing is in a special shape it is flat on bottom and Curved on top. When a plane picks up speed the air must get from in front of the wing to the back of the wing. ( there cannot be a vacume!) Because the wing is curved air on top of the wing has to travel faster than the air on the bottom. The laws of physics state that as velocity (speed) increases, pressure decreases. therefore the atmospheric pressure on the top of the wing decreases and the plane rises.
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