Upgrading to first class is a most common question that passengers ask themselves during the check-in process. Whether standing at an airport kiosk or scrolling through an airline’s mobile app, passengers often notice an upgrade offer and wonder if the price is worth it. The appeal is obvious – a larger seat, more legroom, complimentary […]

Boeing had a busy 2025 with the certification processes for its long-delayed 777X program. Since flight testing resumed in January last year following a five-month grounding, Boeing has utilized all four of its test aircraft and conducted hundreds of flights across the globe. But why in the world did Boeing fly the Boeing 777X to […]

While there has generally been a lot of excitement surrounding the increased rollout of theAirbus A321XLR, few markets offer the type quite so many opportunities as the transatlantic corridor. The long-range narrowbody is perfect for long, thin routes between secondary cities in Europe and North America that have a good degree of demand, but can’t […]

Oxfordshire based Evolito Limited has been selected to develop a cutting-edge electric wheel taxi system as part of a UK-backed aerospace consortium, in a move aimed at reducing emissions and operating costs during aircraft ground operations. The initiative, known as Project SONATA (System Optimisation of Non-Propulsive Energy in Aircraft Taxi Technologies and Architectures), brings together major […]

British Airways has 12 787-10s in its fleet and another 38 on order. These aircraft are larger than the other two variants of Dreamliner, which are also in the British Airways fleet, but have a shorter range. Still, they are capable of impressively long routes, with a particular focus on the transatlantic. Flying out of […]

Why would Boeing offer two completely different engines on the same airplane? The decision to power the Dreamliner with either the General Electric GEnx-1B or the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 remains one of the program’s defining strategic moves. It matters because engine choice directly influences fuel burn, dispatch reliability, maintenance cycles, noise footprint, ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine […]

A TSA security program for transatlantic passengers arriving in the US has yielded promising results during a trial run at two major airports, paving the way for widespread adoption across key transatlantic gateways. The ‘One Stop Security’ pilot scheme has achieved considerable reductions in connecting times for inbound passengers from Europe.

The age of the trijet is one step closer to finally coming to an end, following confirmation from the UPS that it has retired its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters that had previously been serving the company’s airfreight operations. These three-engine widebodies were already on their way out, but the tragic crash in November […]