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Saudi Arabia’s second flag carrier made headlines last month when it embarked on its first flight. A 787 took off from Riyadh, touching down at London Heathrow at sunrise. With funding secured, the carrier is now looking at global expansion, hoping to cover 100 destinations by 2030. Part of this expansion will come from the carrier’s order for Airbus A350-1000 widebody jets, set to be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines. The order, made at Paris Air Show, includes an even split of firm commitments and options, and it will be fascinating to see how many of these options are…
Cargo Facts is pleased to return to Shanghai for the fourteenth annual Cargo Facts Asia conference on March 23-25, 2026, at the W Shanghai. The event will assemble decision-makers, global executives and leaders to analyze the latest market trends, air cargo developments and their potential impact in Asia. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and network with market influencers in the freighter aircraft sector. View the full 2026 event agenda. This marquee event will focus on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific freighter market, as industry leaders and executives directly involved in daily business operations gather to share their insights on the…
A federal jury in the United States has ordered Gogo Business Aviation to pay $22.7 million to SmartSky Networks after finding that Gogo infringed a series of SmartSky patents tied to air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity and 5G in-flight Wi-Fi. The verdict, issued in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, marks a major development in a long-running dispute between the two rivals in the business aviation connectivity market. Gogo said it plans to appeal. SmartSky, which ceased operations in August 2024, filed the original lawsuit in 2022, accusing Gogo of using its patented approach for delivering broadband to aircraft over unlicensed spectrum. The patents at…
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American Airlines is one of the world’s leading airlines with an impressive 1,005 aircraft in its fleet at the time of writing. One of the aircraft types in this extensive fleet is the Boeing 777-200ER, of which the airline currently has 47. Unique about this sub-fleet is the average age of 25 years and the absence of any plans to retire the aircraft from the fleet. Using data from Cirium, we’ll explore where American Airlines is flying these aging aircraft in 2025, and try to find an answer to why the airline is still flying such an old fleet of…
Carriers may look to insource more heavy maintenance work as the NTSB investigation into the fatal Nov. 4 crash of UPS flight 2976 continues. “From what I understand, a lot of the airlines are looking into bringing the work back in; the problem is that they’ve sold a lot of it off,” Stephen Carbone, president […] source
Fly Meta has taken delivery of its first 777-300ERSF on lease from AerCap, the second customer to receive the new freighter type. Fly Meta plans to start commercial operations with the 2005-vintage aircraft (32788, ex-Emirates) in December, the Hong Kong-based company told Cargo Facts. Fly Meta signed a deal to lease four 777-300ERSFs from AerCap. (Photo/Cargo […] source
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant has “disappeared” in Canada, and unfortunately this isn’t the first time (or even tenth time) that something like this has happened… PIA flight attendant goes missing during layover A PIA flight attendant has gone missing during a layover in Toronto. Specifically, on November 16, 2025, a flight attendant operated flight PK789 from Lahore (LHE) to Toronto (YYZ). The flight attendant was scheduled to operate the return flight, PK798, three days later, on November 19, 2025, but didn’t show up. At that point he was reported as missing. The company did manage to get…
The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 feet in length with a width of five feet. While they looked similar in appearance, they were engineered differently internally to operate more effectively at a different Mach number. This is regarded as the fastest NASA airplane ever built, although it might not remain the fastest, as Australia’s Hypersonix is working with NASA and has intentions to build a vehicle capable of Mach 12 powered by hydrogen fuel. The…