On May 20th, 2026, Emirates announced that it had quote “reached a defining milestone in its ambitious multi-billion dollar retrofit programme with the successful reconfiguration of its first two-class A380 aircraft.” The two-class A380s are also known as the airline’s 615-seaters – the highest capacity commercial aircraft in the world.

Ethiopian Airlines is overwhelmingly the largest operator serving Africa. That’s no surprise, as its challengers are considerably smaller. Through the rest of the year, OAG data shows that the Star Alliance member will operate 14% of all flights to, from, and within sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the airline’s higher-capacity equipment, it has 21% of all […]

The area of New York and New Jersey has three major airports within its vicinity, each offering varying levels of connectivity and airline options. However, the proximity of these airports also creates considerable congestion within the airspace and on the ground. This subsequently tends to have a wider impact across the system, particularly affecting the […]

Plane spotter Tobias Gudat posted photos on social media that reveal a first look at the new ‘Coastliner’ sub-fleet being rolled out by United Airlines this year. Two Airbus A321neo jets sporting fresh liveries are part of United’s modernization and expansion plan that will add 250 aircraft from regional jets to widebodies, in the largest […]

A United Airlines Boeing 767-400ER bound for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, made a mid-Atlantic U-turn after a passenger’s threatening Bluetooth speaker name triggered a security alert. Early reports indicate that a teenage passenger onboard named their device ‘BOMB,’ and the discoverable name escalated quickly into a bomb-threat response.

The modern expectation of stepping onto a long-haul aircraft and relaxing into a fully flat bed owes its existence to a single, bold design idea manifested more than two decades ago. When British Airways pioneered the world’s first lie-flat business seats, it completely upended the economics and geometry of international flight. Today, the carrier continues […]

Heat management is one of the great challenges of modern fighter jet engineering. Reducing the Infrared signature from the heat exhaust is one of the key aspects of modern stealth aircraft design, on par with reducing the radar cross-section. STOVL aircraft, like the AV-8B Harrier II and F-35 have forced navies to protect their decks […]