Through the 1980s, 1990s, and into the early 2000s, passengers seated on an American Airlines MD-80 or a Northwest Airlines DC-9 could watch through the window as the aircraft pushed itself backward from the gate under its own power, engines roaring in reverse thrust, with no pushback tug attached. The maneuver was called a powerback, […]

For decades, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has been known as the world’s busiest airport. The Georgia hub consistently handled more passengers than any other airport on the planet, thanks largely to its enormous domestic network and its position as the primary connecting hub for Delta Air Lines. Yet in 2026, another airport claimed one […]

And yet another move to extend the retirement timeline of one of its Cold War airframes, the US Air Force has pushed out the decommissioning timeline for the Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers to 2040 or longer. The delayed fate of the ‘Bone,’ as the B-1 is known, is thanks to a modernization program called […]

Business class is no longer just a niche reserved for corporate road warriors whose employers are paying their salaries. Across the industry, airlines are leaning much harder into premium cabins because that is ultimately where margins, loyalty, and brand differentiation increasingly sit.

199 passengers on board a fully loaded Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 evacuated the aircraft via emergency slides onto a taxiway after smoke and fumes entered the flight deck and cabin. The incident occurred at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) on Saturday morning and began just minutes after the aircraft took off, when the pilots […]

Electric air taxis have been promised for years, with manufacturers promoting them as the future of short-range air transportation. These are generally designed as VTOL aircraft (vertical takeoff & landing) with propellers, and are primarily intended to travel on missions like from city centers to nearby airports, hence the ‘air taxi’ designation.

The three global airline alliances are not static organizations. In 2026 alone, ITA Airways switched from SkyTeam to Star Alliance, Hawaiian Airlines joined oneworld following its merger with Alaska Airlines, and Asiana Airlines will leave Star Alliance in December when it merges into SkyTeam member Korean Air. Each move reshapes the balance between the three […]

In June 2018, Airbus launched the Autonomous Taxi Takeoff and Landing project and began a path towards transforming aviation technology. The Titanic European plane maker aims to bring a paradigm shift in the form of software-defined aircraft that decouple hardware from the programs they run to transform next-generation airliners. While Airbus was a pioneer of […]

The Airbus A350-1000, according to Airbus, has a maximum range of up to 8,700 nautical miles (16,100 km), giving it a measurable edge over the Boeing 777-300ER, which, according to Boeing, has a range of 7,370 nm (13,649 km). Still, the real story is how that 1,330 nm (2,463 km) gap can actually become a […]

For much of the past decade, the widebody spotlight has been firmly fixed on next-generation carbon-composite aircraft like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350. These jets have redefined long-haul efficiency and become the flagship choices for airlines seeking the latest technology. Yet away from the headlines, Airbus has steadily refined a different proposition. Rather […]