Heroes of the California wildfires: Meet the CAL FIRE aircraft fleet
As the Los Angeles wildfires rage on into a second week, heroic responders are working night and day…
Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s
The Boeing 747 is an icon of the jet age, a giant aircraft that democratized air travel for…
Pure power: The world’s largest aircraft engine manufacturers
While commercial aircraft manufacturing is dominated by two big players, Boeing and Airbus, the engine industry has a…
Top 10: The world’s safest airlines to fly in 2025
AirlineRatings, an airline safety and review site, has released its ranking for the world’s safest airlines to fly…
Top 10 biggest passengers planes in the world in 2025
The world’s biggest passenger planes are decreasing in number. The pandemic pause in the early 2020s gave airlines…
Queen of the skies: How to fly on a Boeing 747 in 2025
Since entering service in 1970, more than 1,500 Boeing 747s were built. For decades, if you were flying…
Qatar Airways Executive takes 2 more Gulfstream G700 private jets
Gulfstream Aerospace announced on January 6th, 2025, that two more G700 aircraft have been delivered to Qatar Executive,…
Top 10: The most on-time low-cost airlines of 2024
Cirium’s 2024 on-time performance report is out, and while all eyes are on the winners in the global…
No delay: These were the most on-time airlines in the world in 2024
Aviation analytics company Cirium has released its rankings for the most on-time airlines in the world in 2024.…
What to expect from Boeing in 2025
Following a year marred by safety incidents, labor strikes, and general turmoil, Boeing will look forward to 2025…
What to expect from Airbus in 2025
Airbus has had a mixed 2024. There have been plenty of orders coming in but constraints on how…
AeroTime’s top defense aviation news of 2024
Global tensions have made for a busy year for the AeroTime defense team. From the ongoing war in…
Weaponized Airbus A350: The defense systems of Germany’s ‘Air Force One’
The Airbus A350 is becoming a common sight at international airports as airlines build up their fleets of…
AeroTime’s top commercial aviation news stories of 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a year that has been packed with aviation news.…
Top 10: The busiest domestic flight routes in the USA in 2024
OAG has released the details of the busiest routes in the world in 2024, and the US has…
COMAC C919 begins first non-mainland service to Hong Kong in January
The COMAC C919 has been in operation for around 18 months, with 14 aircraft delivered to airlines and…
China tests out 2 ‘flying wing’ 6th generation fighter jets on Boxing Day
While much of the world was recovering from Christmas Day overindulgence, China was offering a glimpse of not…
Top 10: The world’s busiest flight routes in 2024
Air traffic has been steadily picking up since the pandemic disruption, with ACI reporting that it finally exceeded…