The World of Aviation

A number of airlines have come out in public support of Boeing and its newly recertified 737 MAX jet by taking delivery of delayed orders and placing new ones, a win for the embattled US planemaker. European budget airline and major customer Ryanair has ordered an additional 75 MAX jets, a deal worth over $9

In a “major step forward”, the US Air Force has successfully completed a flight test on its B-1B Lancer carrying an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. A US Air Force B-1B Lancer attached to the US Air Force’s 412th Test Wing’s 419th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS), Global Power Combined Test Force, has successfully carried an inert Joint

The debate surrounding the requirement of mandatory pre-flight COVID-19 vaccinations in the near future has now intensified, as the UK approved the first vaccine for distribution. Global airport industry body Airports Council International has joined with a number of airlines in stating that a blanket rule requiring pre-flight vaccination could be as disruptive to the

Alaska Airlines appears to be following through on its intention to return to a “proudly all Boeing” airline, as it begins to offload Airbus aircraft it acquired in its $2.6 billion takeover of Virgin American in 2016. Last month, Alaska Air Group announced it had sold 10 Airbus A320 jets to California aircraft lessor Air

American Airlines will offer employees the chance to fly on one of five charter flights on the Boeing 737 MAX, in an attempt to ease any concerns before the embattled jet returns to passenger flights in late December. The planes that will be utilised in these charter offers have already undergone the necessary updates required

Virgin Galactic has set a date for its rescheduled flight tests into suborbital space to begin from 11 December, after postponing its previously planned tests due to COVID-19 restrictions. From 11 December, Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company will conduct the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane from New Mexico’s Spaceport.