Top 10 largest aircraft manufacturers in 2025
There are many ways to rank the largest aircraft manufacturers. We could look at the number of employees,…
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The world’s best military drones in 2025 and their capabilities
Unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) are revolutionizing the battlefield. The world’s best military drones have brought capabilities in…
Top 10 busiest airports in the USA
Anyone who’s flown during the last couple of years will know that airports in the USA are getting…
Inflight fire risk: Which airlines are banning power banks?
Following a spate of incidents during early 2025, airlines have begun changing the rules on using and storing…
Top 10 longest narrowbody flights in 2025
There was a time when, if you wanted to cross the Atlantic or fly to another continent, you’d…
The day the music died: The Buddy Holly plane crash explained
Immortalized in Don McLean’s hit song American Pie, ‘the day the music died’ is a reference to one…
200 people, 20,000 lbs of equipment: How do NFL teams fly?
Which sport makes the most money in the world? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is the American National Football…
Older than Google: A look at Delta’s oldest planes
Delta Air Lines prefers to keep older aircraft operational for longer, and has become renowned for it. Although…
Top 10 biggest aircraft lessors by fleet size
Lessors are the largest aircraft owners you’ve never heard of. Most airlines operate at least some aircraft on…
Top 10 longest passenger planes
Some of the longest passenger planes in the world are real giants. Right now, the longest plane is…
Top 10 busiest airports in the world by flights
Aviation continues to grow, and in 2024, total airline capacity exceeded 2019 levels for the first time since…
Revealed: The top 10 longest flights in the world in 2025
Imagine getting onto a plane and not getting off again for almost 19 hours. Thanks to advancing technologies…
A week in the life: Analyzing seven days of flying for four commercial aircraft
We all know that commercial airplanes spend their active service lives cross-crossing continents, ferrying passengers from origin to…
Piedmont, Envoy, PSA: AA’s ‘American Eagle’ regional subsidiaries explained
Domestic US travelers flying American Airlines will often come across the ‘American Eagle’ brand; in fact, it’s hard…
Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s
The Boeing 747 is an icon of the jet age, a giant aircraft that democratized air travel for…
Top 10: The world’s safest airlines to fly in 2025
AirlineRatings, an airline safety and review site, has released its ranking for the world’s safest airlines to fly…
Top 10 biggest passengers planes in the world in 2025
The world’s biggest passenger planes are decreasing in number. The pandemic pause in the early 2020s gave airlines…
Queen of the skies: How to fly on a Boeing 747 in 2025
Since entering service in 1970, more than 1,500 Boeing 747s were built. For decades, if you were flying…