Everyone knows that Florida is utterly critical forAllegiant Air. In September, 58% of the point-to-point leisure airline’s flights will touch the Sunshine State. The ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) will serve 12 airports in the state.

The first week of August 2026 came with a surprising announcement when SWISS International Air Lines announced that it would retire the Airbus A220-100. SWISS was the launch operator for the A220 in 2016 (with the A220-100 variant as well), and the oldest of these planes is only ten years old. To be clear, SWISS […]

United Airlines is moving ahead with a new two-story United Club at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), with the project expected to cost about $21 million and open in late 2027. The 7,181-square-foot (670 square meters) facility will replace the carrier’s existing lounge near Gate A9 after United shifted its Seattle operation from Concourse A to […]

The United Kingdom’s 2026 four-year Defence Investment Plan (DIP) was sharply criticized as woefully insufficient for a country that has officially said it is on a “war footing” and that it needs to be ready for conflict with Russia by 2035. This was one of the final nails in the coffin that led to former […]

Three seconds after takeoff, a pilot’s hand moves to the landing gear lever. The three heavy steel assemblies below fold up into the belly of the aircraft and instantly remove a wall of aerodynamic drag, leaving the raw engine thrust unobstructed. In rare and demanding situations, flight crews consciously break this foundational rule, deliberately leaving […]

Earlier this month, United Airlines began flying between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Meadows Field Airport (BFL) in Bakersfield for the first time since August 2014. The carrier will serve this short route daily using Embraer E175 jets operated by its feeder partner, SkyWest Airlines, under the United Express banner. The flights take around […]

Five fighter jet designs are still rolling off assembly lines today, years after their first prototypes ever left the ground. This list ranks those five production lines by the exact size of that gap, from a 37-year-old Russian-designed airframe that only go back into production in India after a five-year stoppage, up to an American […]

Breeze Airways is set to make a handful of temporary cuts to its network next month, suspending four routes to and from Florida for most of September. Elsewhere, three more Breeze routes will see capacity cuts next month, although all will at least continue to operate to some degree. Two of these are in Florida, […]

At the inception of US Naval aviation, the Navy ironically had an aviator before it acquired its first aircraft. Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson received orders to begin training in 1910 at the Glenn Curtiss aviation camp in San Diego. One year later, in July 1911, the Navy received its first aircraft from the Curtiss Company. […]

One of the best predictors of a successful fighter jet program is how many units are produced. This is especially true for aircraft that are exported to other countries that select them objectively (as opposed to Soviet-style military aid). There are exceptions, perhaps the most obvious being the US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor. The circumstances […]