United Airlines has announced it will return the Boeing 737 MAX to commercial service from 11 February, with regularly scheduled flights from its hubs in both Denver and Houston. The airline has said it will continue to operate non-MAX aircraft along the same routes, should passengers prefer not to travel onboard the recently re-certified 737
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, aerospace engineering professor Iain Boyd discusses the rise and fall of supersonic flight, and the possible bright future it might just have. Flying faster than the speed of sound still sounds futuristic for regular people, more than 15 years after the last commercial supersonic flights ended. The planes that
Airlines in the US are preparing to recall tens of thousands of furloughed aviation employees back to their posts, as US law makers move to reveal a fresh $15 billion in payroll support for the industry. Since the beginning of the global pandemic and the subsequent drop in overall demand for air travel, American Airlines
Pakistan International Airlines has officially cleared 110 of its 141 pilots whose licences to fly were suspended, following a licensing scandal that suggested pilots had been able to secure their qualifications under false pretences. Senior advocate Salman Akram Raja informed the Pakistani Supreme Court on Monday that the nation’s flag carrier had officially cleared 110
The fate of Malaysia Airlines is expected to be set by 31 December, when the airline’s parent company is due to finalise its restructuring, according to Malaysia’s deputy finance minister. Deputy minister Abdul Rahim Bakri informed the Malaysian parliament that the troubled airline is approaching the end of its lengthy restructure, the outcome of which
Airports around the world have been warned to stay on high alert and increase security efforts to protect COVID-19 vaccine shipments, as reports suggest vaccines are being targeted by criminal enterprises. Within days of the first COVID-19 vaccines being approved and delivered in the UK and US, reports surfaced of criminal networks attempting to sell
