The World of Aviation

Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad has announced it will continue to scale down its operations and focus on becoming a mid-sized, full service carrier. With the announcement, Etihad has streamlined its organisational structure and removed a number of senior executive roles, announced employee layoffs, and said it will concentrate future operations on its wide-body fleet. It

Dubai-based airline Emirates posted its first loss in more than three decades on Thursday, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to “a literal standstill”. The Middle East’s largest carrier said it suffered a $3.4 billion loss in the six months to September, prompting its parent group to

Loughborough University’s Duncan Walker argues electric planes won’t solve all of aviation’s problems, but tech is closing the gap.

German flying taxi startup Lilium has announced plans to set up its first ‘vertiport’ hub in the United States near Orlando, Florida.  Munich-based Lilium is developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet which can travel distances of up to 300km within one hour on a single charge, as well as its network of

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has scoffed at current industry predictions that it will take three or more years to see a post-COVID recovery in demand for air travel. Speaking at the World Travel Market Conference, the Irish billionaire and budget airline chief executive instead said he predicted an “enormous” bounce-back in demand and called more

Finland’s flagship airline Finnair, has become the latest E-Jet operator to select AerFin’s BeyondPool component Flight-Hour Agreement (FHA), signing a long-term contract to support its fleet of 12 E190 E-Jet aircraft. BeyondPool is a fully bespoke, comprehensive E-Jet component FHA solution, covering repair, overhaul, pooling and on-site provisioning of E-Jet rotable component inventory and is