The World of Aviation

A UK-based start-up airline named flypop has officially signed a lease deal for multiple A330-300 aircraft with Irish aircraft lessor Avolon. The new airline has not announced how many aircraft are covered under the lease agreement, however did say that it engaged in lengthy discussions with a number of lessors before deciding upon Avolon, given

Airlines have been forced to ground dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets due to newly located production problems resulting in possible electrical faults, according to Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration. About 90 737 MAX jets across 16 airlines are reportedly affected by the grounding order, which pertains to certain aircraft that were built

LATAM Airlines Brasil has announced it will this week retire all 11 of its Airbus A350-900s from its fleet by the end of April 2021, as the airline continues to navigate out of insolvency. The move was announced by LATAM Brasil CEO Jerome Cadier, who stated that the move would not result in any immediate

Vietnam may soon welcome vaccinated tourists, as well as citizens stranded abroad and foreign investors, under a proposed vaccine passport program, officials have said. The country has had in place a range of restrictions on its borders since March 2020, in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, however the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH)

Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has hit a storm of controversy over the recent replacement of its chief of flight operations, who is alleged to have encouraged his team to target people who take sick days or don’t accept shifts on their days off for redundancies. According to a report by Reuters, voice recordings from

Boeing has cancelled its contract and filed a lawsuit against GDC Technics, the contractor hired to complete interior work on Air Force One, with Boeing stating the work has fallen over a year behind schedule. The US Air Force has purchased two undelivered Boeing 747-8 jets, designated VC-25B, to replace the previous 747-200s that have