Jetstream Magazine
INFORMATIONAL Nov 01, 2025 Fuel, Faith, and Four Engines: How Emirates Makes the A380 Work The world's largest passenger airplane — the Airbus A380 Superjumbo — was initially developed to revolutionize intercontinental travel by transporting high volumes of passengers over long distances. However, 20 years later, the A380 has not been the financial success that Airbus hoped it would be. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 30, 2025 Ghosts of 191: The Crash Site that Continues to Haunt Chicago to this Day On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 was scheduled to fly nonstop from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Los Angeles. Operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the flight unfortunately met its untimely demise before it could even put some distance between itself and the Windy City. The events of Flight 191 continue to haunt Chicago to this day. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 30, 2025 Turbulence at the Top: How Four Airlines Came to Dominate the U.S. Air Travel Market The United States, being one of the world's largest aviation markets, is home to numerous airlines and a rich, dynamic aviation history. However, despite the size of the domestic market, the sector is largely dominated by four major players. Let’s examine why this is the case and what events led up to shaping the current affairs of American aviation. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 29, 2025 Comfort at a Cost: The Silent Death of the Airbus A340 Often associated with long-haul luxury and seen as a technological marvel of its time, the Airbus A340 now finds itself on the edge of extinction. Read More →
STORIES Oct 29, 2025 3,200 People Just Ordered This $300,000 Flying Car California-based aviation startup Alef Aeronautics has stated that it has received more than 3,200 pre-orders for its under-development, two-seater flying car, the Alef Model A. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 28, 2025 Beyond GPS: How Quantum Navigation Could Redefine the Future of Flight Quantum Navigation: It may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but navigation using the principles of quantum physics is quickly becoming a reality. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 27, 2025 Cliffs, Clouds, and Courage: Lukla Airport Nepal, The World's Most Dangerous Airport Perched high in the Himalayas, Lukla Airport — officially known as Tenzing-Hilary Airport — is widely regarded as the world's most dangerous airport. Located in Nepal's Khumbu Pasanglhamu region near Mount Everest, it serves as a critical gateway for trekkers beginning their journey to the world's highest peak. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Sep 23, 2025 Supersonic Secrets: The Tupolev Tu-144 "Concordski" In the technological competition between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War, military and commercial aviation emerged as a crucial battlefield. Both superpowers competed to build better aircraft between 1946 and 1991. Within a year after the Soviet Union unveiled a fighter jet with a more sophisticated design than the Americans, the United States would produce a more capable design, outperforming its competition in both performance and innovation. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Sep 18, 2025 One Size Too Small: What Happened to the Airbus A318? Once hailed as the future of short-haul aviation, the Airbus A318 quickly became the black sheep of the A320 family. This article explores the rise, fall, and rare opportunities to still catch a ride on the smallest Airbus ever built. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Sep 17, 2025 Terminal Trouble: One of Japan's Busiest Airports is Slowly Sinking Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the primary international airport serving the city of Osaka in Japan. Geological factors are increasingly putting Kansai Airport at risk of sinking, an unusual scenario related to how the airport was built. Read More →