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...
Topic
Aviation
Every story on click.holiday tagged “aviation”, newest first, each credited to the publication that reported it.
- Tagged
- 123
Travel & Airline News
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
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...
Travel & Airline News
217 Miles on a Superjumbo: Emirates' 13 Shortest A380 Routes, Mapped
From Muscat at just 217 miles to Sydney–Christchurch, here are the 13 shortest routes where Emirates has flown...
Travel & Airline News
Why a Stripped-Down F-14 Ejection Seat Now Sells for $35,000
A demilitarised F-14 Tomcat ejection seat just listed for $35,000 — more than many piston aircraft engines. Th...
Keep exploring
The picks here change through the day
More from click.holiday
By region
Latest in Asia
Ho Chi Minh City makes a bigger play for international business events
Singapore's Most Scenic Bus Routes: From 'Spirited Away' Dams to Sunset Coastlines
Kandooma Maldives ditches the Holiday Inn name and bets big on experience-led all-inclusive
Indonesia's 'Power of Mama': the village women fighting Borneo's fires and haze
Section
Inspiration & Trip Ideas
Ho Chi Minh City makes a bigger play for international business events
Singapore's Most Scenic Bus Routes: From 'Spirited Away' Dams to Sunset Coastlines
Drāvida: the East Village restaurant tracing South Asian migration, one plate at a time
Comala, Colima: Mexico's Quiet Colonial Town for Long-Stay Living
Just in
Newest on click.holiday
Ho Chi Minh City makes a bigger play for international business events
Singapore's Most Scenic Bus Routes: From 'Spirited Away' Dams to Sunset Coastlines
Drāvida: the East Village restaurant tracing South Asian migration, one plate at a time
Comala, Colima: Mexico's Quiet Colonial Town for Long-Stay Living