easyJet Group, which includes UK Low Cost Carrier (LCC) easyJet (U2/EZY), has agreed a deal for its sale to Apollo after rival Castlelake pulled out of the bidding war. The sale, valued at £5.7bn (£7.15 per share), will see the US firm take control of the easyJet group which employs over 19,000 people and operates […]
Norse Atlantic Airways has confirmed it will end its ACMI partnership with IndiGo later this year, freeing up six Boeing 787 Dreamliners for new leasing opportunities and expansion across its own long-haul network. The Norwegian long-haul carrier announced that its agreement with India’s largest airline will conclude on the 1st of November 2026 following a […]
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II is a comprehensive generational upgrade over the legacy AV-8B Harrier II jump jets and their related British variants. The Harrier was a marvel of engineering when it first entered service, and it enabled modern fighter jets to operate on smaller aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. The type became […]
National Airlines, a Florida-based cargo and charter carrier, has just completed what is widely reported as the longest commercial cargo flight ever flown by a Boeing 777Freighter. On August 4, the airline flew a 777F nonstop from Scotland to Australia, covering a distance of 9,850 nautical miles (11,315 miles or 18,240 km) over the course […]
The International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) has launched a major industry-wide survey aimed at tackling some of the biggest challenges facing aviation as airlines prepare for decades of sustained growth and increasing aircraft complexity. The initiative comes at a time when the aviation industry is experiencing record demand. Flight tracking service Flightradar24 recently recorded its […]
The Airbus A380‘s enormous size famously limited the number of airports it could serve without costly infrastructure upgrades that not all airports were willing to do. As Boeing prepares to introduce the 777X, many aviation enthusiasts have asked whether history could repeat itself here. After all, the new aircraft has an even greater wingspan than […]
Airline mergers can be operational, logistical, and strategic nightmares. One example is planes, as aircraft are an airline’s most expensive asset, coming with high operating, maintenance, and ownership costs. Airline mergers often introduce multiple fleet types that have no commonality with one another and may also be redundant.
Private aviation represents a massive market in itself. Valued globally at $36.8 billion last year and forecast to hit $68.4 billion by 2034, there is no denying the eye-watering sums behind private flight as a whole. Admittedly, that does include hobbyists who might part-buy single-engine turboprops, all the way up to charter airlines specializing in […]
Just like airlines around the world, airports are also extremely competitive when it comes to being the best, the largest, the busiest, and more, and this article looks at which airport is the busiest in the North American region. Since there are multiple metrics that can be used to determine what makes an airport the […]
The year 2026 has seen an unexpected wave of second-guessing, order cuts, and outright cancellations from potential partners in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The fifth-generation Lightning II stealth fighter is meant to be a universal platform that provides a game-changer for the US and its allies. Unfortunately, it’s not quite going […]