A group made up of 11 US states and Washington, DC, has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to further strengthen the first-ever proposed standards for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in the US. The environmental protection body released its proposed emission rules for aircraft in July, which have been largely criticised as having
Cathay Pacific has said it expects to operate at less than 50 per cent of its pre-COVID passenger flight capacity in 2021, as it continues to navigate the pandemic-induced crisis. In a release to the stock exchange, Cathay said it planned to operate at around just 10 per cent of its pre-pandemic capacity for the
In light of the recent Boeing 737 MAX crashes and ongoing recertification efforts, filmmaker Tom Goodall wonders what might happen if over-automation in aviation goes too far. With the release of the US Congressional Committee report on the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, the issue of automation in aviation is once again on our minds. Those
While the airline industry has touted flying as a low-risk activity during the coronavirus pandemic, two new international studies strongly suggest that COVID-19 is transmissible on long-haul airline flights. The first study, from Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, appears in the November 2020 edition of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. “Although the international flight
Low-cost carrier Firefly could become Malaysia’s national airline, as the future of Malaysia Airlines remains in doubt, according to the head of state fund Khazanah Nasional. Speaking to local media, Shahril Ridza Ridzuan’s comments are the first public statements made by the sovereign wealth fund since Malaysia Airlines flagged its potential demise, if lessors refused
Executives from Delta Air Lines have reported a “modest improvement” in corporate travel demand and predicted that business travel will continue on an upward trajectory. Despite this, business travel volumes still remain just a fraction of pre-pandemic figures. The airline reported US$3.1 billion in operating revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down 76 per
