The World of Aviation

Alaska Airlines appears to be following through on its intention to return to a “proudly all Boeing” airline, as it begins to offload Airbus aircraft it acquired in its $2.6 billion takeover of Virgin American in 2016. Last month, Alaska Air Group announced it had sold 10 Airbus A320 jets to California aircraft lessor Air

American Airlines will offer employees the chance to fly on one of five charter flights on the Boeing 737 MAX, in an attempt to ease any concerns before the embattled jet returns to passenger flights in late December. The planes that will be utilised in these charter offers have already undergone the necessary updates required

Virgin Galactic has set a date for its rescheduled flight tests into suborbital space to begin from 11 December, after postponing its previously planned tests due to COVID-19 restrictions. From 11 December, Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company will conduct the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane from New Mexico’s Spaceport.

The UK has become the first major Western country in the world to approve a COVID vaccine in a huge breakthrough moment.

Two more iconic British Airways Boeing 747s are set to be preserved for tourists and enthusiasts alike to continue to marvel at the Queen of the Skies. British Airways has confirmed that its final two Boeing 747s – both sporting eye-catching retro liveries – have now found permanent new homes, and will shortly depart from

At the behest of an airline industry trade group, the US Department of Transportation has adopted a new policy that consumer groups say will make it harder for the agency to punish airlines that deceive travellers or treat them unfairly. Under the policy, the agency must apply a new standard when considering civil penalties or