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Well this is interesting. We know that United Airlines will soon start taking delivery of Airbus A321XLRs, which will have the carrier’s most luxurious narrow body interiors to date. Those planes will specifically be operating long haul, international flights, primarily across the Atlantic. What’s coming as more of a surprise is that United is also seemingly shortly taking delivery of a new subfleet of Airbus A321neos, which will specifically be used for premium transcontinental flights, as flagged by JonNYC. United plans fleet of 161-seat premium Airbus A321neos United is acquiring a massive number of Airbus A321neos, as the airline eventually…

The Eurofighter Typhoon global fleet, counting 610 aircraft in service across nine nations, has reached the one million flight hours milestone. The Eurofighter consortium has announced on Jan. 29, 2026, that the Typhoon fleet has reached one million flight hours. The milestone is accompanied by the EJ200 engine reaching 2 million flight hours, as two of the engines are installed on each aircraft. One Million Flight Hours The first Eurofighter development aircraft, DA1, performed its maiden flight on March 27, 1994, with deliveries to the four partner nations – United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain – starting ten years later.…

The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractors who can train foreign pilots receiving American military aid, according to an Air Force Request for Information. Training, which will be conducted at bases in the continental United States, includes instruction in a variety of combat and non-combat missions, and using numerous types of demilitarized or commercially derived aircraft, according to the RFI.The Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron, as part Air Education Training Command, trains more than 9,000 students annually from 142 nations under the Foreign Military Sales program. The RFI is aimed at assessing what capabilities industry can provide for…

Airbus’ last active BelugaST (“Super Transporter”) is set to perform its final flight on January 29, 2026, after more than three decades of service.  This iconic cargo aircraft is an A300-600 aircraft which has been specially customized to carry oversized cargo, such as wings and other aircraft sub-assemblies, between the different Airbus production plants scattered across Europe.  Its bulging shape is the result of having cut off the top of an A300-600 to integrate it with the upper part of a second fuselage. Loading and unloading is done through the aircraft’s upper frontal section, which opens upwards, right above the…

The Airbus A220 is a plane that’s loved by passengers, but perhaps not quite as loved by airlines, for a variety of reasons. While the plane currently comes in two variants, there have long been rumors of the European aircraft manufacturing giant considering a bigger version of the plane. There are some updates, and it seems highly likely that this will become a reality in the not-too-distant future. Airbus starts sales drive for larger A220 variant Reuters is reporting that Airbus is moving closer to formally launching a stretched version of the A220, expected to be known as the A220-500.…

As the Airbus fleet of Beluga super transporter aircraft readies for withdrawal by 2027 in favour of the larger, more efficient A330-743L BelugaXL, the company is lining up final resting places for the now three decade old airframes. F-GSTF, which touched down for the final time at Hawarden Airport, next to Airbus Broughton, on Jan. 29, 2026, was delivered in January 2001 and was the youngest airframe in the fleet. Throughout its life, F-GSTF carried a large number 5 on its tailfins to denote it as the fifth Beluga airframe.  The Beluga was designed from the popular Airbus A300 airliner…

A small commuter airplane operated on behalf of Colombia’s state-owned airline Satena crashed in a remote region of the country’s northeast on January 28, 2026, killing all 15 people on board, authorities said. Among the dead were a sitting lawmaker and a congressional candidate.   The twin-engine Beechcraft 1900D departed Camilo Daza International Airport in Cúcuta shortly before noon on a scheduled domestic flight to Aguas Claras Airport in Ocaña, in the Norte de Santander province near the Venezuelan border. Air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft about 12 minutes into the flight, Satena said, and the airplane was later located in a rugged, mountainous area near Curasica, Playa de Belén.   Satena confirmed that there were…

The U.S. Air Force has chosen the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, to spearhead efforts to counter small-drone threats at U.S. military installations, the service announced earlier this month.The initiative, dubbed the Point Defense Battle Lab, will focus on developing and maintaining air supremacy over small unmanned aircraft systems, to include first person view drones, according to a Jan. 8 release. The 184th Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard will provide support to the project, bringing expertise in aerial tracking, surveillance and reconnaissance. In addition to countering drone threats, the effort will focus…

Gulfstream closed 2025 with a steep jump in aircraft deliveries and strong demand that pushed parent company General Dynamics’ aerospace backlog to new heights.  General Dynamics said its aerospace segment, which includes Gulfstream and Jet Aviation, generated $13.11 billion in revenue in 2025, up 16.5% year over year, and delivered $1.746 billion in operating earnings. Gulfstream delivered 158 business jets for the full year, up from 136 in 2024, led by higher large-cabin output as the company ramps new models into service.  The manufacturer delivered 136 large-cabin aircraft and 22 G280 super-midsize jets in 2025. Fourth-quarter deliveries slipped slightly to 45 aircraft, down from 47 a year earlier, but the…

The U.S. Navy’s second nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier steamed out to sea Wednesday for sea trials ahead of its much-anticipated arrival to the fleet in 2027.The USS John F. Kennedy left Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, for initial trials, the ship’s manufacturer Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced in a post on X.“These trials will test important ship systems and components at sea for the first time,” the post read. “This huge milestone is the result of the selfless teamwork and unwavering commitment by our incredible shipbuilders, suppliers and ship’s force crew.”Several ship spotting social media accounts on X posted videos…