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 […]
Breeze Airways only has a tiny international operation. For the remainder of the year, the carrier plans an average of just 1.4 daily departures beyond the US border. On some days, the airline will have no such activity at all. Only one in every 192 takeoffs will be international.
After years of delays, testing and regulatory scrutiny, Boeing has reached a major milestone with the certification of its smallest 737 MAX variant. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially granted an amended Type Certificate for the Boeing 737-7, clearing the aircraft to enter commercial service and paving the way for first deliveries. The […]
After years of delays and an exhaustive certification programme, Boeing has entered one of the final and most significant stages in the development of the 777-9. The manufacturer has resumed Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (ETOPS) testing, marking another important milestone on the long road towards certification and entry into commercial service. The latest phase […]