Air France‘s La Première first class suite won the 2026 iF Design Award in March. The jury’s citation praised its modular architecture, material craftsmanship, and multi-zone layout. What the jury did not specifically mention, but what Air France leads with in every commercial communication, is that each of the four suites carries two 32-inch (81-cm) […]

The US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is planned to enter service in 2027, while the upgraded B-52J bomber is expected to enter service around 2033, with the older B-52H serving until then. It is working to bring a next-generation stealthy cruise nuclear missile, the AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff Missile (LRSO), into service in 2030 […]

When aircraft deliveries are suspended, the public usually assumes the underlying issue is obvious and substantial: an engine problem, a significant structural irregularity, or another defect that can be readily seen and understood. Few would expect the trigger to be a manufacturing deviation measuring just 0.005 inches (0.13 mm) wide, roughly the thickness of a […]

In 2025 the United Kingdom decided to rejoin the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s airborne nuclear burden sharing mission. Under the Strategic Defense Review last year, the UK selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II as the aircraft to carry out this nuclear deterrence mission. This may be puzzling to some observers as the Royal Air […]

Chartering a private jet from San Francisco to Paris is one of the most demanding routes in private aviation. The 5,570-nautical-mile (10,315 km) crossing eliminates most available charter aircraft and limits nonstop options to a few ultra-long-range heavy jets with the fuel capacity to fly for 11 to 12 hours without stopping.

United Airlines plans to retire 80 aircraft in 2027 as it prepares to welcome the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10 into its fleet. In an earnings call this week, United’s Chief Financial Officer Mike Leskinen confirmed the carrier will “step up” its retirement plan for older, less-efficient aircraft as it looks to cut costs and […]

As one of Europe’s (and indeed the world’s) leading budget carriers, Ryanair has a large and relatively uniform fleet. According to current fleet data from ch-aviation, the wider Ryanair Group (including subsidiaries such as Buzz, Lauda Europe, and Ryanair UK) currently has atotal of 632 aircraft at its disposal. These jets are 15.9 years old […]

On July 8th, 2026, Air Canada announced that Anko van der Werff – the (now) outgoing CEO of Scandinavian carrier SAS, will become the Canadian airline’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a member of the carrier’s Board,

The rapid proliferation of low-cost uncrewed aerial systems like man-portable drones in the 21st century has made piloted helicopters highly vulnerable on the modern battlefield. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the ongoing conflict has illustrated the potency of exceptionally low-cost drones against conventional rotary-wing combat airframes. The United Kingdom has taken notice, […]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in the US state of Texas has long been a key hub for American Airlines. People like to say that everything is bigger in Texas, and this is certainly true when it comes to American’s route network out of DFW, as this summer has seen the carrier add nine new […]