The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk looks like a paper airplane folded by someone who had never seen a wing. Yet this bizarre-looking 65-foot-11-inch (20.1-meter) attack jet could return a radar echo of just 0.011 to 0.032 square feet (0.001 to 0.003 square meters), small enough to transform how far away a fire-control radar could detect it. […]
United Airlines serves more destinations than any other scheduled passenger operator globally. Between November and next summer, OAG indicates that 395 airports will see the Star Alliance member. The most flights will continue to be from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), largely due to the staggering number of regional jet services.
Pacific hubs have become increasingly important for airlines, not only in the United States but in North America as a whole. Consider Alaska Airlines‘ Pacific gateway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Air Canada‘s West Coast base at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), and even United Airlines‘ remarkable growth at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). They all […]
Last August, ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air transported 8.7 million passengers, an increase of 25.9% compared to the year before, while capacity increased by almost 25%. Only a few years ago, the airline had dozens of aircraft grounded due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues and was withdrawing from several more experimental markets.
Airlines are suspending flights to Saudi Arabia’s capital after a fresh Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) on Thursday, October 8, left a Saudia aircraft badly damaged by fire. The Iran-backed group claimed responsibility for targeting the airport with a ballistic missile, although Saudi authorities have not confirmed that its projectile […]
Air Canada has announced the termination of its non-stop service between Vancouver International Airport(YVR) and Singapore Changi Airport(SIN), bringing an unexpected end to the carrier’s longest flight by distance. Launched in early 2024, the ultra-long-haul connection was intended to boost the airline’s transpacific expansion and establish Vancouver as an important gateway linking North America to […]
Everyone knows that Air Canada is by far the largest international operator serving the North American country. In 2026, the Star Alliance member has an average 266 daily departures beyond Canada’s borders. It has 37% of the market, rising to 39% for sales for sale due to widebody operations.
In the late 2010s, the name Rolls-Royce was most closely associated with durability issues related to the Trent 1000 engines on the Boeing 787. These motors faced premature wear, leading to Trent 1000-equipped Dreamliners getting their ETOPS ratings downgraded while planes were grounded worldwide, and the Trent 1000 lost significant market share to the competing […]
Private jets often cruise above the traffic used by commercial airlines, but the reason is not simply that business aviation has access to a higher layer of sky. The aircraft themselves are optimized for a different mission. A Gulfstream G650, for example, can climb to an initial cruise altitude of 41,000 feet (12,497 meters) and […]
Frontier Airlines is preparing to take delivery of its first aircraft formerly operated by Spirit Airlines, with Airbus A321neoN731NK set to become N814FR. The 2024-built A321neo was withdrawn after Spirit ceased operations in May and was ferried from Marana to Tucson on September 28 for its next chapter.