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Bulgaria-based Cargo Air has dry leased two 737-300SFs to Tunisia-based Cargo Wings Express as it helps the startup prepare to start flying the freighters. The two 737-300SFs are in Tunis (TUN), with the 1987-vintage unit 23970 arriving on Dec. 12 and the 1986-vintage unit 23237 on Dec. 27. They exited service with Cargo Air in […] source
President Donald Trump threatened to cut federal defense contracts awarded to Raytheon, a major unit of RTX, escalating his pressure campaign on US defense contractors to increase production and reinvest more heavily in manufacturing capacity. In a January 7, 2026, post on Truth Social, Trump said Raytheon “has been the least responsive to the needs” of the Department of Defense and warned the company it must quickly change course if it wants to continue doing business with the US government. He accused the company of operating as if “this is the Biden Administration” and said that era of “business as usual” was over. The…
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In October 2023, Qatar Airways made an exciting announcement when it comes to inflight Wi-Fi, as the oneworld carrier revealed it would introduce Starlink connectivity. In October 2024, we saw the first jet equipped with this service. The airline has now revealed the latest details regarding the rollout of this service, as very impressive progress has been made over the past 15 months… including the first Dreamliners now flying with Starlink (which also has positive implications for other airlines)! Qatar Airways offering free high speed Wi-Fi Qatar Airways is in the process of introducing free Starlink Wi-Fi, making this one…
At the end of our Good Morning Milan, Goodnight Moon trip, I was looking forward to flying out of Philadelphia Airport (PHL), and checking out a couple of lounges that have been on my radar. In the previous installment, I reviewed the Chase Sapphire Lounge, and in this installment, I’ll be reviewing the American Flagship Lounge. Flagship Lounges are American’s network of premium lounges, intended primarily for international travelers, so they’re a step above Admirals Clubs. This is a particularly exciting Flagship Lounge, though, as it’s the newest in the network, and only opened in May 2025. It’s also the first…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and spirit him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. U.S. forces continue to mass in the Caribbean Sea.The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion.Trump in recent days has also called for taking over the Danish territory of Greenland for national security reasons and has suggested he’s open to carrying out…
We know that Bilt will be launching three new credit cards in the near future, in partnership with Cardless. This follows Bilt and Wells Fargo cutting ties, as Wells Fargo was reportedly losing a lot of money on the partnership. We know that Bilt plans to open “pre-order” for its new cards as of January 14, 2026, with the plan being for the new cards to formally launch as of February 7, 2026. As you’d expect, there’s a lot of interest in what these cards will look like, and in particular, how rent payments will be rewarded, since that’s a…
This year, NATO allies committed to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. 3.5% will go specifically toward core defense spending. As part of these efforts, it is crucial that all NATO nations quantify their biological defense activities and include them in these capability investments. The new NATO expenditure targets are driven by a threat environment that is both severely challenging and dynamic, broadly speaking, and related to biological threats specifically. Russia is bending many norms in its war against Ukraine, including regular use of chemical agents that NATO nations now believe indicates a serious lack of…
Alaska Air Group has just announced its biggest aircraft order in history. I don’t think there’s anything hugely surprising here, but it still represents some major growth, and in particular, shows a focus on larger aircraft. Alaska places biggest aircraft order in historyAlaska Airlines has just placed an order for up to 145 Boeing aircraft, including 110 firm orders and 35 options. Specifically:The airline has placed a firm order for 105 Boeing 737 MAX 10s, with options for an additional 35 planes; the airline has the option to convert these orders into the smaller variants at a later date, including…
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s military held a mass funeral in the country’s capital on Wednesday as it began to bury dozens of soldiers slain during the United States’ weekend operation to capture former President Nicolás Maduro.Men carried wooden caskets cloaked in the Venezuelan flag past rows of uniformed officers. Singing echoed out from a nearby church in Caracas and music from a military orchestra ceremony echoed over the cemetery, while throngs of family members and soldiers marched behind a row of caskets.As the caskets were lowered into the ground, gunfire from a military ceremony echoed out over the state-owned graveyard…