Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is building a bridge that, on the surface, looks like a fairly straightforward piece of airport infrastructure. Taxiway Uniform, or Taxiway U, will span roughly 2,060 feet across the western end of the airport, connecting the north and south airfields and giving aircraft a second way to move between […]
The world’s fifth-generation fighter jets are generally considered to be the F-22 Raptor, the F-35 Lightning II, the Shenyang J-35, the Chengdu J-20, and the Sukhoi Su-57. There is debate about whether the Su-57 should be considered a true fifth-generation fighter jet or a 4.5th-generation fighter with some low-observable characteristics. But for the purposes of […]
For nearly two decades, the Boeing 777-300ER has been at the very heart of Canada’s flagship carrier, dominating long-haul routes from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. When it came time to plan its flagship fleet successor for the decade ahead, Air Canada turned away […]
For obvious reasons, British Airways is by far the leading carrier from Europe to the US. Between August and December 2026, the airline plans a typical 43 daily services from London Heathrow Airport (LHR), along with an average of two daily departures from London Gatwick Airport (LGW).
Over the weekend, a Boeing 767-300 Freighter operating a domestic cargo flight for UPS Airlines had a more dramatic arrival into Denver than its crew might have been bargaining for, following a total instrument failure on approach to the Colorado hub. This forced the pilots to defer to the jet’s standby instruments, with which they […]
The airline industry is entering another fleet transition, but unlike the retirement waves that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, the changes taking place throughout 2026 are unfolding with little visibility. Instead of mass withdrawals or emergency decisions, airlines are methodically replacing aging aircraft that have served for decades with new-generation jets offering lower fuel burn, reduced […]
The question of how much an airline pilot earns is one of the most frequently searched topics in aviation. Yet comparing pilot salaries is far more complicated than looking at a single annual figure. In 2026, experienced captains at major US airlines can earn almost twice as much as those flying for some of Europe’s […]
In April 2026, the US Air Force closed the training pipeline that had produced every Fairchild Republic A-10 pilot it ever fielded. The 357th Fighter Squadron graduated its last class of Thunderbolt II students at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in April. That same week, and at that same base, an A-10 flying combat search and […]
Every Concorde retrospective gets to the nose eventually. It’s the moment the aircraft tips downward and the fuselage looks almost broken, a mechanical bow that made the front pages long before anyone bothered explaining why it was there. Most stories just describe that the mechanism helped the pilots see the runway. That’s true, but it’s […]
As the United States races towards its first sixth-generation fighter jet, the Next Generation Air Dominance Program of the US Air Force has taken the spotlight, but it is not the only endeavor underway. The US Navy F/A-XX stealth carrier fighter was expected to be shelved, but lawmakers decided to resuscitate the program with an […]