The World of Aviation

Japanese start-up SkyDrive is gearing up for the first public demonstration of its “flying car” – an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototyped for urban air mobility. Just seven months after achieving the first unmanned outdoor sortie in December 2019, the company has announced a plan to demonstrate a manned flight to the

Alaska Airlines Flight 422 has been turned back shortly after departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, after a passenger threatened to “kill everyone on board”. The plane, which departed on Saturday at 11:10pm bound for Chicago O’Hare, was still in ascent phase when the passenger became belligerent. A spokesperson for the airline said that the passenger became

Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a new campaign, which will see the delivery of 1 million kilograms of cargo on behalf of charities around the world, delivered free of charge. From July to December 2020, charities will be able to utilise the services of Qatar’s cargo branch for the transport of humanitarian aid, medical supplies

Ryanair flight FR1902 from Krakow to Dublin was forced to make an emergency landing in London on Monday, after a note alleging a bomb threat was found on board. The note was reportedly found in one of the plane’s toilets, claiming that there were explosives onboard the aircraft. The flight took off from Krakow John

A certification flight test took-off and landed from Francazal airport in Toulouse as part of the validation for the certification process of the ATR 42-500 with modification 5948 in China.

London Heathrow Airport will close one of its two runways following a 90 per cent drop in traffic caused by the coronavirus pandemic.