Etihad Airways is rumored to be closing in on an order for more widebody twinjets from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner series, with reports suggesting that the deal may be announced later this month at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026. The Abu Dhabi-based UAE flag carrier is already a big fan of the modern twin-aisle family, […]
Welcome to my 215th weekly routes article! While 110+ links started in the examined period, only asmall selectionis included in this article. Six mini-stories were chosen; all the services launched between July 1 and 8. You can see last week’s jam-packed edition here.
US President Donald Trump’s private Boeing 757-200 — widely known as Trump Force One — has become the first aircraft to land at the newly renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT) in West Palm Beach, Florida. The jet touched down at 5:01 AM local time on Thursday, just hours after the Federal Aviation […]
The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar going into 608 United States Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 40 and 50 aircraft shares 95% software commonality and 70% hardware commonality with the AN/APG-81 that flies on every Lockheed Martin F-35. That is the figure Lockheed Martin itself publishes for the SABR program, and it […]
There were no changes to the advisory level or risk indicators. The Advisory summary was updated. Advisory summary French Guiana is generally a safe destination for travelers. There is no official U.S. consular representation in French Guiana. Consular services are provided by the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. Review our Travel Guidance for French Guiana […]
FL Technics Indonesia has opened a new aircraft painting facility at its Denpasar, Bali base, marking an expansion of its MRO capabilities as demand for regional maintenance services continues to grow. The new facility has already completed its first project, repainting the third Boeing 737-400F freighter for Philippine cargo carrier Skyway Airlines. Following completion, the […]
Aviation aftermarket parts distributor Seattle Aviation Solutions (SAS) has acquired a Dassault Falcon 900EX for teardown, with its components set to be released to buyers across the global aftermarket. The aircraft (S/N 045, N30HQ) has accumulated 14,981.4 total airframe hours and 11,122 landings as of October 2024. According to SAS, it was operated by a single […]
Independent aircraft component parts, repair and supply chain solutions provider, AJW Group, has appointed Louis Philippe Mallette as the chief executive of AJW Technique, the group’s MRO facility located in Montreal, Canada. Mallette will lead the strategic and operational direction of AJW Technique whilst working in close collaboration with Clyde Buntrock, chief executive of AJW […]
The Pakistan Airports Authority has confirmed that search teams have found and identified wreckage belonging to the missing K2 Airways Boeing 737 freighter. As seen above, pieces of the aircraft were found in the sea 53 NM (98 km) to the south of the Pakistani coastal town of Ormara. The town is located to the […]
Global air cargo is well known for its use of older, former passenger aircraft, but today, the industry that has been built by these icons of the past is moving toward a far more modern future. What has become abundantly clear is that the very vehicle designed to spearhead this change is still in waiting, […]