The World of Aviation

Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultra-cold shipping and storage facilities to transport COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, whose doses, which require deep freezing, are likely to be among the first to be distributed. A recent survey by an air cargo association and a drug shippers’ group found only 15 per cent of industry

The 20-month flight ban imposed on the Boeing 737 MAX has finally been lifted in the US, following the introduction of safety upgrades, new training protocols, and extensive safety testing. US Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson officially signed the order on Wednesday, lifting the longest flight ban imposed on a passenger jet in commercial

The first COVID-free trans-Atlantic flight has landed in London after all passengers and crew were tested before boarding, sparking calls for the UK to alter its quarantine requirements for US international arrivals. The United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty International Airport landed at Heathrow just before 7am on Tuesday morning, however all 36 passengers must

Virgin Galactic has announced it will reschedule a flight test into suborbital space that was planned for later this week, in light of regional COVID-19 restrictions. Richard Branson’s space tourism company was intending to conduct the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane from New Mexico’s Spaceport America between 19 November and

The US House of Representatives has unanimously approved new legislation that will reform the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft certification process. The legislative reform has come as a direct result of the Boeing 737 MAX disasters, in which 346 people were killed across two fatal crashes on the aircraft. Under the new House bill, an expert

French daredevil and Dubai-based “jetman” pilot Vincent Reffet has died at the age of 36, after reportedly being killed during a training exercise in the desert. Reffet has had a long career of wowing audiences following a number of dangerous and fascinating stunts, including BASE jumping from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in