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Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines is set to return to New Zealand. The airline has confirmed its intentions to resume non-stop flights between Chengdu and Auckland from December, offering a year-round service. The new service is set to commence from December 7 on board the carrier’s modern Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Sichuan Airlines had previously operated the service to New Zealand and shelved it earlier this year in April. At the time, it flew the link once per week, departing Chengdu on Sundays and returning from Auckland on Mondays. Injecting Millions Into The New Zealand Economy Credit: Shutterstock Taking off from December 7,…

Etihad Cargo has rolled out SmartTrack, a shipment visibility service that provides real-time monitoring across its global network. The service, live on the Etihad Cargo website, allows customers to track shipments by air waybill, origin, destination or product type, according to a release this week. It delivers live location updates, condition monitoring and instant alerts […] source

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will allow Boeing to resume issuing airworthiness certificates for some Boeing 737 MAX and Boeing 787 jets on alternating weeks starting on September 29. For the past few years, the FAA has revoked that authority, first for the 737 MAX in 2019 and later for the Dreamliner in 2022. This move will not improve Boeing deliveries, but it signals progress on the firm’s overarching safety and quality challenges. Stock Code BA Business Type Planemaker Date Founded July 15, 1916 CEO Kelly Ortberg Headquarters Location Chicago, USA The FAA has indicated that it will continue to…

China remains America’s top threat in space and is catching up to the United States military’s space capabilities at an “incredible pace,” according to a top Space Force general.“They are bringing on capability, I won’t say daily, but at least monthly, that puts our assets at risk,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, the commander of U.S. Space Forces-Space, told reporters at the annual Air & Space Forces Association conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Wednesday.“China is definitely our biggest threat,” he said.According to Schiess, the Chinese are building a “kill chain,” or attack process, for targeting U.S. maritime, land and air…

Turkish Airlines has major growth plans, despite already being huge, and flying to more countries than any other airline in the world. In 2023, the airline announced how it planned to order up to 600 more planes, in order to fuel its growth. Shortly thereafter, we saw the airline place a substantial order with Airbus, though there wasn’t much news on the Boeing front. Well, that has finally changed. Turkish Airlines places massive Boeing aircraft orderTurkish Airlines has today announced an order for up to 75 Boeing 787s. This includes a firm order for 35 787-9s, 15 787-10s, and options…

Almost every airline with long-haul operations has ordered either the Boeing 787-9 or Airbus A350-900. While the 787-9 is the more successful of the two, the A350-900 has also seen incredible sales, and most notably, has received more than double the orders of the Boeing 777-200ER, the aircraft that it is intended to directly succeed. These two aircraft have undoubtedly captured what is the “sweet spot” of the widebody market today, size-wise. Emirates is one of the largest long-haul airlines in the entire world, with an all-widebody fleet of over 250 aircraft. Rather unsurprisingly, it currently operates the A350-900, with…

Delta Air Lines is expanding its transatlantic route network by adding a new sunny European destination to its map. The Atlanta-based airline will launch a nonstop flight from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Porto Airport (OPO) in Portugal during the summer 2026 season. Marking the carrier’s first-ever daily service between these cities, Delta Air Lines will begin flights on May 21, 2026. This announcement is part of Delta’s broader transatlantic expansion and reflects the airline’s commitment to offering more destinations “than ever before.” Boeing 767 Flights Between New York And Porto Credit: Great Circle Map Although the…

The secret is out: more people are flying private, and they’re doing it in record numbers. According to the latest tracking data, global business jet activity is climbing to unprecedented levels, fueled by corporate demand, fractional programs, and private travelers. WingX, a data analytics company that specializes in tracking and analyzing business aviation activity worldwide, reports that business jets logged more than 232,000 flights this month through September 25, an 11% increase compared to the same timeframe last year.   That figure already makes this September one of the busiest months ever, with the final tally expected to climb higher once…

LONDON — Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based defense and security forum.The Royal United Services Institute’s analysis is based on around 800 pages of documents, including contracts and lists of equipment to be supplied by Moscow to Beijing, from the Black Moon hacktivist group, which previously published some of the documents online. It does not identify its members but describes itself in a manifesto as opposed to governments that carry out aggressive foreign policy.The authors of…

Today the IAF phased out the MiG-21 Bison after a 62-year-long career, spanning two thirds of the air force’s total lifespan. The MiG-21 is often thought of as synonymous with the Indian Air Force, being the largest user of the aircraft outside of the Soviet Union itself, with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) domestically producing around 600 fighters of the 872 aircraft that were inducted into the IAF between 1966 and 1980. It was the IAF’s first supersonic jet fighter and by far the longest serving in the service, being the backbone of the fleet from its induction in 1963 until…