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In recent times, we’ve seen many airlines announce plans to introduce Starlink Wi-Fi. There’s some good news for European aviation, as Lufthansa Group has revealed that it’s going in this direction as well… Starlink coming to Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, etc. Lufthansa Group has announced plans to introduce free Starlink Wi-Fi across all planes on all member airlines. So this includes 850+ planes, including those belonging to Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Edelweiss, etc. Starlink will be free for all passengers who have a Miles & More Travel ID, which is free to register for. As…

UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has agreed to sell six new Airbus A330-900s to AerCap under a sale-and-leaseback arrangement, continuing a broader industry trend of airlines using lease deals to support fleet renewal.  The aircraft come from Virgin Atlantic’s existing orderbook and are scheduled to deliver between the second quarter of 2026 and the fourth quarter of 2027. Under the agreement, AerCap will purchase the aircraft at delivery and lease them back to the airline for long-term operation.  Virgin Atlantic plans to use the A330neos to modernize its transatlantic fleet. The aircraft will feature updated Premium and Upper Class cabins, including additional Retreat Suites, as the airline continues its push toward a…

Delta Air Lines has today reported its 2025 financial results, and 2026 forecast, and there’s nothing too surprising. While the airline expected to achieve record profits in 2025, that didn’t turn out to be the case, due to all the economic uncertainty. Delta is now expecting to earn record profits in 2026 — I understand Delta has to provide guidance, but it just seems that we’re continuing to see a lot of uncertainty, so who knows how things will play out. Anyway, in this post I’d like to focus on the detail of Delta’s 2025 results (particularly in Q4) that…

Emirates’ fleet renewal is heavily reliant on the new Boeing 777X, as the airline has 270 of these jets on order, which will largely be used to replace Airbus A380s, as they’re retired. Obviously Emirates has been incredibly frustrated by the certification delays on the 777X, as the plane was supposed to enter service in 2020, but has been delayed by around seven years. Emirates has been promising an all-new business class product and onboard lounge on its new flagship aircraft. While the airline has largely been tight-lipped about what we can expect, the first renderings have now been subtly…

Points can get you stays at some pretty incredible hotels, and I don’t want to in any way diminish that. There are plenty of properties in the Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy, and World of Hyatt portfolios (among others), that are awesome to stay at. However, I think there’s an interesting distinction that’s worth making, whereby a subset of luxury points hotels are what I like to call “points farms.” I’ve used this term a few times in passing, and I figure it’s worth dedicating a post to this. Let me explain… A lot of hotels use loyalty programs as a…

Boeing added five 777-8Fs to its backlog in December 2025. The planemaker did not identify the customer or customers behind the newly ordered freighters in its latest monthly order and delivery update, released today. Boeing has sixty-eight 777-8Fs on order as of Dec. 31, 2025: Thirty-four for Qatar Airways; Ten for Cargolux; Eight for China […] source

Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer program is the best program for booking Singapore Airlines first & business class awards, given that the airline doesn’t release premium cabin long haul award space to most partner frequent flyer programs (though Air Canada Aeroplan has access to some business class space). Fortunately KrisFlyer miles are easy to come by, as the program partners with all major transferable points currencies.The KrisFlyer program has a unique waitlisting feature, whereby you can waitlist an award ticket if there’s not currently award availability. In this post, I’d like to take a closer look at how that works. How Singapore…

Germany has announced the acquisition of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardians through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, with deliveries to start in 2028. The German government has announced that it will acquire eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), together with four Certifiable Ground Control Stations. The procurement will be made by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The delivery of the first MQ-9B to Germany is planned for 2028. The country now joins a growing list of NATO Allies that selected the type, including the United Kingdom,…

Delta Air Lines today reported $900 million in cargo revenue for 2025, an increase of 9.5% from 2024. The carrier also reported $246 million in cargo revenue for the fourth quarter, down 1.2% year over year. The carrier’s 2025 adjusted operating revenue increased 2.3% YoY to a record $58.3 billion. The carrier also reported for […] source

The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 will soon deploy counter-drone technology that uses nets to capture intruding unmanned aerial systems.The JIATF-401, tasked with coordinating counter-drone defense efforts across all military branches, announced on Sunday that it has awarded a contract for two advanced DroneHunter F700 systems, according to a release. Designed by Fortem Technologies, the DroneHunter 4700 is a lightweight system that uses AI and radar to identify, pursue and capture other drones using an array of expanding nets.It can easily capture and drag away small quadcopter drones using a tether net. It can also bring down much larger…