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Despite ongoing challenges and record-low levels of demand for air travel, aviation industry experts expect around 600,000 more skilled pilots will be required over the next two decades. According to a report by travel industry analysis firm Skift, the global pre-pandemic pilot shortage will return shortly after travel demand plateaus at normal levels, with the

Sikorsky and Boeing have released details of their new advanced helicopter for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition, known as FLRAA. The aircraft, named DEFIANT X, will be the fastest, most manoeuvrable and most survivable assault helicopter in history. Combined with the team’s unsurpassed experience in mission systems, training and sustainment, it will

  US planemaker Boeing has seen firm orders on its upcoming 777X widebody aircraft fall by nearly 40 per cent to just 191 after introducing stricter accounting rules that better assess the viability of orders. Boeing confirmed that under the new rules, 118 orders for the aircraft are no longer deemed firm. It comes as

Indonesian investigators have sent five components recovered from the Sriwijaya Air 737 that crashed in the Java Sea in January to the US and UK for further examination. Flight SJ 182, a Boeing 737-500, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee

As the search for victims of the Sriwijaya crash ends, are we any closer to knowing the truth? Tune in to this week’s episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, where host Adam Thorn and guests Hannah Dowling and Christian “Boo” Boucousis discuss the latest update on the Sriwijaya crash, as well as Airbus in

Qatar Airways’ cargo division has officially retired all of its A330-200 freighters in favour of the Boeing 777 freighters it took delivery of in January. The retirement was long planned by the Doha-based airline, and was in fact delayed by two months due to the delayed delivery of its 777Fs. According to Qatar Airways chief