The World of Aviation

Ukraine has stated it may resume production of the unique Antonov-74 aircraft after nearly 17 years, in order to supply the plane to the country’s armed forces. The Soviet-era An-74 is a short-to-medium range light transport cargo and passenger aircraft, which made its debut flight in 1979. A total of 62 An-74 aircraft were produced

Divers in Indonesia have reportedly found the casing of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 that crashed into the Java Sea last week. However, authorities are still searching for the device’s memory unit, according to an Indonesian Navy officer, which is hoped to contain vital information on the cause of

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane was seized on behalf of its lessor minutes before its scheduled departure from Kuala Lumpur, following an ongoing dispute. Passengers were left stranded at Kuala Lumpur when the PIA Boeing 777 was seized by Malaysian authorities on behalf of its lessor, mere minutes before its scheduled departure, and already

The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised provisions around the use of fully automated drones, giving appropriate permissions to the first US company to do so. According to American Robotics, the first US company to be approved to utilise fully automated drones to fly “over people”, the first commercial use of said drones will be

Norwegian Air has announced it will no longer perform its famed long-haul budget routes, with sources suggesting the airline will axe all 37 of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners as the company navigates out of insolvency. The airline, which filed for bankruptcy protections in November 2020, has said it will no longer be performing low-cost intercontinental

Dubai-based airline Emirates is expecting its entire fleet of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s to return to regular service by the end of 2021, in light of the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The carrier’s president, Tim Clark, has said in the past that a worldwide vaccination program would be critical to the recovery of