The World of Aviation

Delta Air Lines will begin filling aircraft to pre-pandemic passenger capacity, including middle seats, from 1 May 2021, a year after its middle seat blocking policy was introduced. Delta first introduced its policy of blocking the sale of middle seats in April 2020 shortly after COVID-19 was named a global pandemic by the World Health

French charter airline Corsair International has taken delivery of its first A330-900neo, on lease from Dublin-based lessor Avolon. The delivery marks the first in a series to come, with a further four A330-900neos on order to be delivered, which will join Corsair’s all-A330 fleet. The agreement with Avolon for the lease of five A330neos was

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday approved the design for the Boeing 737-8200, a variant of the embattled MAX family of aircraft. The denser, 197-seat MAX variant is essentially designed for budget carriers, with its biggest supporter and launch customer being European budget giant Ryanair. Ryanair made its first order for the 197-seat jet

Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday that he expects demand for medium-haul air travel to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, far faster than long-haul travel. The CEO said that some of the industry’s trusted narrow-bodied workhorses, including the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families of aircraft, will lead the industry’s recovery, and

Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation said on Wednesday it had finally recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the ocean, nearly three months after a Sriwijaya Air 737 crashed into the Java Sea. Flight SJ182 crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021, killing all 62 passengers and crew

Ethiopian Airlines has officially taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800SF passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted aircraft. Lessor GA Telesis’ Leasing, Investment Financing & Trading (LIFT) Group made the delivery announcement. The aircraft was delivered by Aeronautical Engineering Inc (AEI), from its authorised P2F conversion centre in Miami. A second 737-800 contracted with AEI is currently undergoing