The World of Aviation

Boeing and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have announced the Middle Eastern aircraft lessor is growing its 737 MAX portfolio with an order for 15 737 MAX 8 jets. DAE had been investing in the 737 MAX by buying jets from existing customers and leasing them back to the carriers. The new order is DAE’s first

United Airlines has announced it will return its 52 Boeing 777-200 aircraft with Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engines to service, after the planes were grounded following an uncontained and “catastrophic” engine failure earlier this year. United chief operations officer Jon Roitman announced the airline’s intentions in an earnings call with investors on Tuesday, and said,

The US Department of Transportation will officially conduct an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s November 2020 decision to lift the grounding order on the Boeing 737 MAX. The transportation department’s Inspector General’s office will conduct the audit to thoroughly examine the actions and decision-making processes in the immediate aftermath of the two fatal MAX

United Airlines reported a US$2.4 billion net loss in Q1 on Monday, a figure that exceeded previously forecast expectations. It is the fifth consecutive quarter in which the airline suffered a loss. The airline stated that rising fuel costs coupled with ongoing subdued demand for air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the larger-than-anticipated

The Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have completed inaugural flight tests ahead of their delivery to Japan. Defence prime Northrop Grumman announced it successfully completed the first test flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk last Wednesday (15 April). The UAV was procured by the Japanese Ministry of Defence in 2014, and is expected to

NASA successfully completed the first aircraft flight on a foreign planet on Monday, when its remotely operated helicopter, Ingenuity, took to Martian skies for nearly 40 seconds. Ingenuity is a solar-powered rotorcraft vehicle that boasts twin propellers, a metallic body, four legs, and weighs just under two kilograms. It was sent aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars