The World of Aviation

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised that even those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to avoid non-essential travel. The US airline industry has pushed back on the guidelines, and reiterated that air travel poses very little threat of COVID transmission due to the air filters used onboard commercial

Here’s to a good news week! In this episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, host Adam Thorn and reporter Hannah Dowling delve into the current status of aviation’s post-crisis recovery, as well as the updated information on the United 777 that dropped engine parts over Colorado. Then the team discusses the FAA’s new testing

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, aviation historian Janet Bednarek explores how people may end up living in airports, and why it happens more often than you might think. In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October, he

Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 6X business jet will conduct its first flight in days, chief executive Eric Trappier has confirmed.

Norwegian Air’s order cancellations have seen Airbus’ order book fall into the red, while its dispute with Boeing will come to a head in US courts. The troubled carrier cancelled 88 aircraft orders worth billions of dollars from European planemaker Airbus, after getting approval to do so by an Irish bankruptcy court. The decision has

An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX declared an emergency before landing at its destination, after the pilots reported possible engine troubles. According to reports, the captain needed to shut down the right engine after the aircrew were made aware of possible mechanical issues related to the engine’s oil pressure or volume indicator. The plane was