Civil Aviation

Last year, a F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet, crashed off the airfield at the Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico after it had stopped at Kirtland Air Force Base for refueling. One important thing to note is that the F-35B Lightning II falls in the list of the United States Marine Corps (USMC)’s…

On 9 September 2025, Cambodia officially inaugurated its new international airport – Techo International Airport (KTI). This aerodrome is located in Kandal Province and is built under a joint venture between the Cambodian government and Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation. This three-runway facility was constructed at a staggering $2-billion and is to supplant the Phnom Penh…

Fighter aircraft have a special place in aviation history. During the world war, pilots and aviation personnel often decorated their aircraft with the most astonishing nose art. During the same war, which is described by Russia as “The Patriotic War”, military aircraft helped propel aviation forward with the introduction of much speedier planes. Almost all…

On the outside, it might seem that Boeing produced planes that have names that start and end with 7: the 747 is known as the Queen of the Skies, the 787 is the aerospace giant’s Dreamliner, the 737 is the model used by the budget airline that helped aviation coin the term “Southwest Effect, just…

Tens of thousands of travelers come to the Everest region each year. One of the notable people to have been to the Everest is Francys Arsentiev, someone who is known as the Sleeping Beauty in Everest. Some people opt to trek to the Base Camp, whose trekking trails coupled with a sharp altitude gradient and…

Much in line with how Boeing planes start and end with the number seven, most of Airbus’ planes start with the letter A followed by the number 3. Perhaps the most iconic of Airbus A3xx series is the double-decker airliner that is the Airbus A380, which is the biggest passenger aircraft to have ever been…

Whether one agrees to Air New Zealand’s assessment that buying a red-eye flight that gives you an option of buying blocks of seats is the best way to shorten a long-haul flight while flying in economy: “Imagine a row of Economy seats that can be turned into a couch after takeoff. So you and your…

The United States of America tops the list of the nation with the highest number of fatal civil airliner accidents from 1945 until now – the nation has seen 870 accidents and 10846 fatalities (133 are ground fatalities). Next in line is Russia, the nation with which the United States of America was at loggerheads…

It might come as a surprise that there is an airport named after the largest country in the world without an airport- Andorra – but it is located outside the borders of this nation. The Andorra–La Seu d’Urgell Airport (LEU) is located in Catalonia, Spain. Andorra Airlines, a carrier headquartered in Barcelona is one of…