The World of Aviation

Passengers onboard United Airlines Flight 328 have reportedly slammed United with a class action lawsuit, citing emotional distress, after one of the plane’s engines failed and caught fire mid-flight. Chad Schnell, the passenger leading the class action, claimed that the incident caused him severe emotional distress, and accused the airline of failing to properly inspect

US airlines and industry groups are pushing the Biden administration to introduce a uniform approach to verifying COVID vaccination and testing status, in hopes of reinvigorating demand for air travel. The global airline industry has spent a number of months testing and investing in ‘health passport’ technologies that would contain such verified health information, letting

Two European low-cost carriers have announced they will expand their operations with the introduction of new routes and new bases, as they await pent-up demand for air travel over the upcoming summer season. Hungary-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced the addition of its 42nd global base, in Palermo, Sicily. From June 2021, the airline

Boeing announced on Tuesday that it had received 82 orders for new aircraft in February, and completed 22 deliveries. February also brought the cancellation or conversion of 51 aircraft orders, with net cancellations coming in at 31 jets. A majority of these cancellations were made up of embattled Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with WestJet, Copa

Engine-maker General Electric is nearing a US$30 billion-plus deal to combine its aircraft leasing business with Irish aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings, according to sources familiar with the matter. It comes as the latest move in a string of decisions by the industrial conglomerate to restructure its once-sprawling operations. Though details of how the deal would

The world’s busiest international passenger airport, Dubai International Airport, has begun using iris scanners as a contact-free method of identity verification on all passengers, according to a report by the Associated Press. While the airport has been testing such biometric technology as a means of passenger identification for many months, the program has been hurried