The World of Aviation

Airbus has announced it has decelerated an intended ramp-up of its A320 production, as demand for new aircraft remains subdued. The European planemaker has announced that its production output for its popular single-aisle A320 jet family will increase from 40 per month to 43 per month in the third quarter of 2021, and up to

Three members of the New York National Guard have been killed in a military helicopter crash that occurred in the town of Mendon, New York, amid a routine training mission. The aircraft, a UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter, reportedly crashed in a field area near West Bloomfield and Cheese Factory Road in Mendon, approximately 32 kilometres

Indian low-cost airline IndiGo has emerged as one of the world’s largest airlines by capacity, thanks to a near-total recovery in the Indian domestic travel market. According to data firm OAG, the Indian carrier is now the seventh-largest in the world by capacity, and the largest outside the US and Chinese markets. IndiGo reportedly took

Airline giant International Airlines Group (IAG) has agreed to purchase Spain’s Air Europa for just €500 million (US$607 million), at a discount of 50 per cent. Negotiation began for IAG subsidiary Iberia to purchase Air Europa on behalf of IAG in November 2019, just three months before the COVID-19 crisis brought international travel to a

In this cross-posting with The Conversation, tourism professors Joseph Cheer, Colin Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen discuss what the likely reality of a return to international travel will look like, in the aftermath of COVID. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out,

US-based aircraft lessor BBAM has come to an agreement with Boeing to purchase six new 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs), in a deal that includes options for six more aircraft. The agreement brings BBAM’s 737-800BCF orders and commitments to 15, and is made in light of continued strength in the e-commerce and express cargo market,