What Pilots See at 51,000 Feet — The Altitude Commercial Jets Can't Reach
At 51,000 feet the sky turns dark and the Earth curves — a view only ultra-long-range private jets can offer,...
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Iranian Airlines Lose Access to Airports Across the Middle East as U.S. Sanctions Bite
U.S. sanctions have pushed the UAE, Iraq and others to suspend Iranian airline flights. What's grounded, why,...
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Airlines Fight to Save Midway Atoll's Tiny Airport — the Pacific's Last-Resort Runway
Airlines including Zipair, JAL and Qantas urge the FAA to fund a $100m upgrade of Midway Atoll's Henderson Fie...
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Why Air India's Boeing 787-9 Sometimes Needs a Fuel Stop on Long Hauls
Why Air India's Boeing 787-9 sometimes can't fly 17-hour routes nonstop — payload, winds and config make all t...
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Flying overseas from Australia now costs less than it did in 2023 — while groceries keep climbing
International economy fares ex-Australia are 7% cheaper than in 2023, despite 11% inflation — how airfares bea...
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The Boeing 737's Retractable Landing Lights Vanished in 2015 - Here's Why
Boeing dropped the 737's retractable landing lights in 2015 for fixed LED arrays - the fuel, drag and maintena...
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The Five Longest Runways in the US Air Force — and Where to See Them
From Las Vegas to the Mojave Desert to Arctic Alaska: the five longest runways in the US Air Force, why they e...
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Midway Atoll's Empty Airport Could Cost Qantas 20 Seats on the World's Longest Flight
Midway Atoll's airport has no flights, but losing it could disrupt Pacific ETOPS routings and force Qantas to...
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Should Planes Ditch Windows Completely? One Journalist Makes a Surprisingly Strong Case
One journalist argues airliner windows should be scrapped — the weight, heat and safety physics behind the cas...
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Why Private Jets Cruise Higher Than Airliners — And What It Really Buys You
Private jets cruise up to 51,000 feet, above airliners — but is it really about fuel? The real reasons are spe...
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Airbus' 'Flying Parcel' A350F Freighter Eyes First Flight From Toulouse
Airbus' A350F 'flying parcel' freighter targets a September 24 first flight from Toulouse, with 107 orders and...
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That little plane icon on your flight tracker? Here's how it actually gets there
How flight trackers know where planes are: from transponders and ADS-B to satellite coverage over oceans — exp...
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