The World of Aviation

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would reveal the date she intends to create a two-way trans-Tasman bubble on 6 April.

Boeing has found another manufacturing fault in some of its 787 Dreamliners, and will begin carrying out inspections on flight deck windows. The embattled US planemaker has said it has already begun testing the cockpit windows in a limited batch of aircraft, after it learned that a supplier had altered its production process. As such,

Canada hopes to introduce new protocols and safeguards to air incident investigations, following its long-standing criticism against Iran’s investigation of the Ukrainian airliner downed by Iranian forces in January 2020. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was shot down on 8 January 2020 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shortly after take-off over Tehran, in an incident labelled

Finnish-Australian technologist Sami Mäkeläinen shares his insight into the vastly hyped world of eVTOLs and flying cars, and cautions that reality may just fall flat on science fiction. New technologies are undoubtably exciting. Sometimes, however, the excitement shared in the concept of new technologies does not translate well into reality, and the idea of what

Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has outlined its plans to emerge stronger from the COVID crisis by strengthening its global presence in the next decade and continuing to invest in sustainable and modern options for regional air travel. In 2020, ATR was quick to react to the circumstances and supported its customers with rapid freight

Irish aircraft lessor AerCap’s acquisition of rival GECAS could reduce competition in the market and make aircraft leasing more expensive, the IATA has warned. Alexandre de Juniac, director general of the International Air Transport Association, has shared his concerns over the recently announced US$30 billion acquisition of engine maker General Electric’s aircraft leasing unit GECAS