The World of Aviation

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, infection control and disease prevention researchers Professor Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castillo discuss how to protect yourself while travelling, and what airlines need to do next. Airline travel health advice has so far mostly focused on how to stay hydrated and avoid deep vein thrombosis. What passengers really

The operator of London Heathrow international airport has criticised the Unite union’s plan to stage a series of walkouts among employees at the airport, as workers gear up for multiple strikes throughout December over pay and conditions. The first strike will take Tuesday, 1 December, and will involve firefighters, engineers, campus security, baggage operations, central

Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) has almost finalised the design of its new C919 narrow-bodied jet, and now awaits final flight testing to be completed by Chinese regulators. COMAC confirmed on Friday that it was nearly the final completion of its C919 jets, the Chinese planemakers answer to the globally popular Airbus A320 and

United Airlines has delivered the first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to the US through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, as both the drugmaker and airline industry prepare for widespread distribution. The airline completed the first delivery via a charter flight from Brussels to Chicago on Saturday, with an unidentified number of vaccine doses onboard. In

The newly opened Berlin Brandenburg Airport will close off one of its runways and one of its terminals just four weeks after its grand opening, as passenger traffic continues to sit at just 10 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. The closures could extend for up to a year if demand for travel does not rebound,

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has announced the temporary suspension of its Antonov An-124 operations following an uncontained engine failure incident that occurred at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk. The Russian airline has said that as of 25 November, operations on all eight of its An-124 aircraft will be suspended in order for the planes to have their engines