PIA 777 repossessed minutes before departure
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane was seized on behalf of its lessor minutes before its scheduled departure from Kuala Lumpur, following an ongoing dispute. Passengers were left stranded at Kuala Lumpur when the PIA Boeing 777 was seized by Malaysian authorities on behalf of its lessor, mere minutes before its scheduled departure, and already
Automated drones to fly above US heads for the first time
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised provisions around the use of fully automated drones, giving appropriate permissions to the first US company to do so. According to American Robotics, the first US company to be approved to utilise fully automated drones to fly “over people”, the first commercial use of said drones will be
Norwegian to axe Dreamliners, end long-haul flights
Norwegian Air has announced it will no longer perform its famed long-haul budget routes, with sources suggesting the airline will axe all 37 of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners as the company navigates out of insolvency. The airline, which filed for bankruptcy protections in November 2020, has said it will no longer be performing low-cost intercontinental
Dubai-based airline Emirates is expecting its entire fleet of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s to return to regular service by the end of 2021, in light of the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The carrier’s president, Tim Clark, has said in the past that a worldwide vaccination program would be critical to the recovery of
2020: The year that changed aviation – Part 1
World of Aviation recounts a year the industry will never forget. In part 1, we chart COVID bailouts and more trouble with the MAX.
2020: The year the changed aviation – Part 3
2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
