The World of Aviation

An Antonov An-74TK-100 registered to Russia’s Utair crashed in West Africa while carrying out a cargo service on behalf of a United Nations.

The proposal address the issues raised by the manoeuvring characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), which were at the heart of two fatal crashes.

In this crossposting from The Conversation, the University of South Australia’s Javaan Chahl explains why ornithopters are a trend taking off in civilian and military circles.  We have developed four-winged bird-like robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of swifts, hummingbirds and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics

First round talks have now concluded between Ukraine and Iran, over the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in Tehran in January, with Ukrainian officials labelling the initial talks as “constructive”. However, Ukraine has not yet ruled out the possibility of taking Iran to international courts over the incident, renewing its determination to “bring Iran to

An internal United memo, leaked Thursday, outlines plans to furlough roughly 3,900 United pilots in the near-to-mid future. United had previously gone public with plans to stand down 2,250 pilots between 1 October and the end of the year, as well as a further 1,650 in 2021 dependent on demand. However, the contents of the

Europe’s biggest airline has mounted a challenge against Ireland’s 14-day quarantine policy, with outspoken Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary dismissing the government’s position as “unconstitutional”. The news comes shortly after Dublin reintroduced mandatory self-isolation measures for travellers arriving from a spate of European countries on 21 July, and discouraged citizens from non-essential travel outside the Republic