The World of Aviation

Embraer has announced a new branded division will oversee the development of its so-called flying cars, known as electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL).

Qatar Airways has now resumed services to 100 flight destinations around the world, after initially scaling back operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

F-35B Lightnings embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth have been undergoing live weapons training in the North Sea dropping 230-kilogram Paveway IV high explosive bombs.

While the airline industry has touted flying as a low-risk activity during the coronavirus pandemic, two new international studies strongly suggest that COVID-19 is transmissible on long-haul airline flights. The first study, from Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, appears in the November 2020 edition of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. “Although the international flight

Low-cost carrier Firefly could become Malaysia’s national airline, as the future of Malaysia Airlines remains in doubt, according to the head of state fund Khazanah Nasional. Speaking to local media, Shahril Ridza Ridzuan’s comments are the first public statements made by the sovereign wealth fund since Malaysia Airlines flagged its potential demise, if lessors refused

Executives from Delta Air Lines have reported a “modest improvement” in corporate travel demand and predicted that business travel will continue on an upward trajectory. Despite this, business travel volumes still remain just a fraction of pre-pandemic figures. The airline reported US$3.1 billion in operating revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down 76 per