Key Aero

Your aviation destination

In-depth aviation news and insight powered by eight leading aviation magazines. Instant digital access to the latest issues plus exclusive videos, features and interviews only available on KeyAero

Subscribe Now to read our premium aviation content

Latest from Key.Aero

Explore the latest news and features by our world-class aviation journalists. Stay up to date on the latest military aviation developments, commercial airline news, historic restoration projects, flight simulation releases and much more.

Trending Topics

Israel-Hamas War  Boeing 747  RAF  Concorde  Vulcan  Ukraine Russia War

Historic

Thumbnail Feature Premium

Fortune favours the old

No Hawker aircraft has remained operationally viable for as long as the Hunter...

Feature Premium

Hawker - The early years

There was a time in the 1930s when Hawker aeroplanes made up more than 80 per cent of the RAF's front-line inventory...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

Showing the flag

This year sees the centenary of an exceptional event in Italian aeronautical history...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

Ringway remembered

Bob O’Brien recalls trips to Manchester Airport in the 1960s and 1970s...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

Pilots' recollections - SR-71 Blackbird missions through a warzone

Combat Aircraft Journal looks back at a series of memorable missions for the SR-71 Blackbird during the Arab-Israeli war as they collected valuable intelligence during a series of high-risk flights.

More from Historic

Military

Feature Freemium

E-4B Nightwatch: Inside America's 'Doomsday' Plane

Chris Croot takes a look into the somewhat secretive world of the USAF's ‘doomsday plane’, the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch

First operational carrier deployment for USMC F-35Cs

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-314 (VMFA-314) made history as the first USMC unit to deploy the F-35C Lightning II aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier, as it departed with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on January 3

Spangdahlem F-16s strengthen NATO Air Policing mission

Multiple US F-16C/D Fighting Falcons from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AFB, Germany, landed at Łask Air Base, Poland, on January 4 to work alongside the current deployed units on NATO Baltic Air Policing and Enhanced Air Policing detachments

More from Military

Commercial

Feature Premium

A350-1000 Arrives for BA

The maiden example of the A350-1000 for British Airways (BA),...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

A Trip Down Sesame Street

Aeromexico’s 50-year celebration livery displayed on a Boeing...

Feature Premium

More C-130Js for Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Air Force has recently signed a contract with...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

First Flight for RAF Poseidon

The RAF’s first Poseidon MRA1, ZP101, lifts off from Renton...

Thumbnail Feature Premium

Greenwood Bolingbroke Comes Together

Greenwood’s Bolingbroke, 9997, will soon wear 404 Sqn colours....

More from Commercial

Flight Simulation

New Ultralight fox X-Plane Takes Flight

vFlyteAir has announced the Comco-Ikarus C42C for X-Plane 11 has been released.

Battle of Kuban released on Steam

1C Game Studios has released IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban...

Thumbnail Review Premium

Aeroplane Heaven’s Bristol Bulldog MK IIA

The iconic aerobatic fighter.

More from Flight Simulation

Upcoming Events

Light Aircraft Association Rally

to

Leicester, United Kingdom

Light aircraft event

CFB Trenton - Quinte International Air Show 2024

to

Trenton, Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force airshow

Royal International Air Tattoo

to

Fairford, United Kingdom

The themes this year for RIAT are '50 Years F-16', 'NATO 75th Anniversary', '100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force' and 'Pushing the boundaries in Air and Space'. Regarding the final one in the list the RIAT website states: "Our main theme will highlight the important work of Flight Test & Evaluation in modern aviation, looking back at 100 years of British military test flying. We hope to display specialised, modified and instrumented test flight aircraft from organisations from around the world dedicated to Flight Test, Evaluation and Scientific Research."

Columbus AFB - Thunder Over Columbus

to

Columbus AFB, United States

US Air Force airshow

JB Charleston Airshow 2024 Heroes of Flight

to

North Charleston, United States

US military airshow

Guernsey Battle of Britain Air Display

to

Guernsey, United Kingdom

The event website states:"Guernsey’s annual air display has been enjoyed by thousands of people for over 60 years, hosting some of Britain’s most historic and treasured military aircraft alongside aerobatic and awe inspiring display teams."