One of United Airlines top executives has warned that the ongoing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight caps at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) are likely to remain in place until the middle of the 2030s, as the multi-year ORDNext terminal expansion and airfield infrastructure project continues.
Boeing is in the midst of efforts to boost production of its best-selling passenger widebody. Having delivered approximately seven 787 Dreamliners per month in 2025, plans are to push this to ten come the end of this year. While an increase of roughly a third, the truth is the ramp-up is unlikely to deliver the […]
Atlanta City Council has ratified Delta Air Lines‘ $12 million takeover of two former Spirit Airlines gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The October 19 decision covers gates C4 and C6 in Concourse C, together with ticketing and support space vacated after Spirit ceased flying in May.
On September 29, Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force broke ground on an expansion of the B-21 Raider final assembly line that will increase output by one-quarter when it is ramped up to full capacity. The 1-million square foot (92,903 square meters) addition to Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, will boost delivery as the […]
All airlines have route churn, and Breeze Airways is no exception. Between January 2026 and October 2026, the carrier ended ten routes: nine domestic and one international. Given how fast it is growing and how many brand-new routes it launches, it is perhaps surprising that the number is not even higher.
Few aircraft have maintained their status as foundational long-haul workhorses quite like the Boeing 777 family. The iconic widebody revolutionized global connectivity with its twin-engine efficiency, spacious cabin design, and unmatched operational reliability. Newer generations of composite aircraft like the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 gradually dominate delivery schedules, but a select group of global […]
Until only recently, jungles covered the historic US Air Force (USAF) runway that once hosted the Boeing B-29 bombers chosen to drop the only atomic weapons ever used in anger in the final days of WWII. The once-abandoned North Field of Tinian lies on a small island in the Northern Mariana Islands, which was once […]
Four flight attendants were injured aboard a United Airlines flight from Honolulu International Airport (HNL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Wednesday, October 21, after the Boeing 777-200 encountered severe turbulence during its descent. The Los Angeles Times reported that Flight UA1157 descended more than 3,000 feet (914 meters) in approximately one minute, although […]
Aircraft today routinely cruise above 40,000 feet (12,192 meters), operating in an environment where aerodynamic performance, aircraft systems, and human physiology all approach critical limits simultaneously. At those altitudes, the margin for error narrows dramatically. A small change in airspeed, turbulence intensity, aircraft weight, or pilot input can push an aircraft toward conditions from which […]
WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline by fleet size and passengers carried, has cut a total of ten routes from the country’s largest city this year. Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) has lost 10 nonstop routes with WestJet, primarily due to the airline withdrawing fully from Cuba. On top of Cuba disappearing from the carrier’s route map, […]