The World of Aviation

Boeing’s year to forget ended on the lowest possible note after the planemaker revealed it delivered just 156 commercial aircraft in 2020 – its lowest total since 1977.

The director-general of the IATA has criticised governments for shutting borders in light of more transmissible variants of COVID.

Northrop Grumman will provide the US Air Force with an electronic warfare suite for its F-16 fighter (Viper) aircraft fleet.

Indonesian search teams are now said to be close to recovering the black box from the Sriwijaya Air 737 that plunged more than 10,000 feet into the Java Sea on Saturday.

The UK Royal Navy has signed a £550 million contract for new surface-attack missiles for its fleet of 17 F-35Bs, based at RAF Marham.

The Leonardo AW139 is set to become the new Presidential Transport helicopter in the Republic of Colombia.