The World of Aviation

Sir Richard Branson has officially completed his mission to become the first of the billionaires currently investing in space tourism technologies to reach space aboard his own company’s rocket, beating rival Jeff Bezos by nine days.

The UK government confirmed that doubled-jabbed residents will no longer need to complete mandatory 10-day home quarantine when returning to England from medium-risk countries on Britain’s ‘amber list’ for travel, from 19 July.

Airbus’ new orders have now outpaced the rate of its cancellations for the first time this year, with the European planemaker now boasting a net total of new orders minus cancellations of 38 jets for the year-to-date.

A Cessna C-172 training aircraft has crashed in Lebanon’s mountainous Keserwan district on Thursday, killing all three passengers onboard, according to local reports. The news follows a slew of similar and unfortunate crash incidents within the last seven days. The aircraft, registered to flight training academy ‘Open Sky Aviation’, took off from Beirut Airport about

President Putin declared the decree on Thursday, in order to bolster the countries tourism sector again, and reintroduce the nations’ bilateral agreement.

As travel picks up this summer, airlines are dusting off planes that were grounded during the pandemic, checking they are clear of fungus, bugs, and bird nests before sending them back in the air.