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The grace and power of jetliners with four roaring engines are icons of our world’s advances in civil aviation since the beginning of the Jet Age. Soaring at 600 miles per hour and faster, quadjets redefined glamour, broke down range barriers, and even reduced airfare before twinjets took center stage. Their oversized airframes demanded that airports extend runways, authorities expand their rulebooks – to put it simply, quadjets raised the bar of air travel like nothing before. Stock Code BA Business Type Planemaker Date Founded July 15, 1916 CEO Kelly Ortberg Headquarters Location Chicago, USA Simple Flying pays homage to…

Jakarta is procuring 16 dual-seat and 26 single seat Rafales, with deliveries expected to being by February 2026, according to Indonesian reports. The Indonesian Air Force’s (TNI Angkatan Udara – TNI AU) first Dassault Rafale F4 made its maiden flight at Dassault’s factory at Bordeaux-Mérignac, as confirmed by images that appeared online on the evening of Sep. 19, 2025. The images were captured and published on Facebook by photographer Swiderek Maciejka. The twin-seat Rafale F4, tail number T-0301, was also photographed by Maciejka while taxiing on the facility’s runway three days prior, on Sep. 16,  presumably for ground trials ahead…

Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet is set to take delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, more than nine years after placing an initial order for the type.  The handover ceremony is planned to occur at a Boeing facility in Seattle on September 21, 2025, and will reportedly include Vietnam’s president Luong Cuong, according to a preliminary schedule seen by Reuters.  Vietjet’s lengthy wait for its first 737 MAX is primarily due to the global grounding of the aircraft following two tragic crashes in October 2018 and March 2019, which resulted in delivery delays and made aircraft financing more difficult. …

Second Meeting of the EASA Management Board for 2025.source

Delta Air Lines is the world’s second-largest operator by aircraft movements. In the final quarter of 2025, between October and December, the SkyTeam member will introduce or reintroduce 17 international routes. To qualify, none of them must have operated since 2021. While all of them have been announced, it is worth summarizing them. Some of them will make my Weekly Routes article (see the most recent edition). Five of the 17 additions are long-haul, and not all of them have been served before. They include two African links, with Delta being the top US carrier to that vast continent. The…

The United States has struck a potentially significant military deal with Peru, approving the $3.42 billion sale of advanced F-16 Fighting Falcon single- and dual-seat jets, plus a support package of weapons and spare parts aimed at modernizing the South American nation’s air force.  According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Peru requested the purchase of 10 F-16C Block 70 fighters and two F-16D Block 70 dual-seat variants. The deal also includes weapons, spare parts, training systems and technical assistance.   Officials say the package is designed to give the Peruvian Air Force new capabilities to patrol its airspace, defend territorial borders, and…

First Meeting of the EASA Management Board for 2025.source

The F-15 Eagle family is one of the most iconic and long‐serving fighter jet programs in modern aviation history. Over the decades, various air forces around the world have adopted different variants of the F-15 to meet roles ranging from air superiority to strike missions. In this guide, we’ll explore which countries have the largest fleets of F-15s, how many planes they possess, which variants, and how those forces stack up in terms of capability, modernization, and future outlook. Stock Code BA Business Type Planemaker Date Founded July 15, 1916 CEO Kelly Ortberg Headquarters Location Chicago, USA Key Product Lines…

The US Air Force has quietly started converting a Boeing 747-8 donated earlier this year by the government of Qatar into a specialized aircraft for executive transport. While the Pentagon has confirmed the handover, much of the scope, cost and contracting arrangements for the conversion project remain classified, fueling political debate in Washington.  President Donald Trump formally accepted the Qatari 747-8 in early 2025. The jet, previously outfitted for VIP travel and valued at about $400 million, was transferred to the Air Force for use in what officials are describing as “executive airlift support”. Publicly, Trump has said that he…

This is the first meeting of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Community Steering Group (ADR.CSTG) in 2025.If you wish to learn more about the EASA Member States’ Advisory Body (MAB), Technical Bodies (TeBs), and Stakeholder Advisory Body (SAB) including the network of Communities (COMM), please visit the EASA Advisory Bodies website. source