The World of Aviation

Boeing has announced it’s developing a hand-held ultraviolet wand to neutralise bacteria and viruses presented on flight deck surfaces.

  Analysis of black box data recovered from the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737 downed by Iran in January found that passengers and crew survived the first of two ground-to-air missiles to hit the plane, 25 seconds apart. While the second missile hit the aircraft 25 seconds after the first, only the first 19 seconds

A Moscow-bound S7 Airlines flight carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny diverted to the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday, following a suspected poisoning. The 737-800, registered VP-BQF, departed Tomsk Bogashevo Airport in the country’s east at 8:06am. After nearly an hour in the air,  the politician was heard screaming from an onboard lavatory. Passengers

Emirates has said that it intends to ramp up flight resumptions, in the hope of “serving 100 per cent” of its pre-COVID international network by mid-2021, according to Emirates chief operating officer Adel Al Redha. “I think we can easily say by summer 2021, we’ll be serving 100 per cent of our network destinations,” Al

Transport Canada, the national body responsible for overseeing transportation policies and programs, is set to conduct its own flight tests of Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX next week, following ongoing recertification efforts on the grounded aircraft. The tests are due to be performed at Boeing’s own facilities in Washington state, and form a part of the

Costa Rica plans to reopen to US tourists from September onwards, shortly after readmitting travellers flying from a handful of countries deemed “low risk”.