The World of Aviation

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has formally approved a 149-seat Airbus A220-300 variant, with an exit slide modification over the wing. The modification adds capacity for four additional seats to the original A220-300’s capacity of 145 passengers. Air France is expected to be the first airline to introduce the newly-approved A220-300 with larger capacity,

The Association of Flight Attendants surveyed almost 5,000 staff from 25 June to 14 July, and found that 84 per cent of cabin crew reported they were cursed at, yelled at, and some even followed and harassed back to the airport.

United Airlines has made moves this week on food services to ramp up summer demand as the carrier transitions to outsourced catering for long-haul flights, impacting over 2,000 jobs.

German manufacturer Lilium has announced its partnership with CUSTOMCELLS to supply tailor-made lithium-ion based battery cells for its flying taxi.

UK-based leisure airline Jet2 is looking to breaking a near two-decade loyalty to Boeing by switching to Airbus narrowbody jets in its upcoming fleet renewal, according to industry sources.

American Airlines pilots and flight crew unions have filed grievances to the carrier, claiming it has not provided sufficient transportation and hotels during layovers, which has seen crew forced to sleep in airports.