The World of Aviation

University of Arizona professors Kacey Ernst and Paloma Beamer talk through what to consider if you want to fly while minimising risk.

Newly-minted Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways is preparing to operate a repatriation flight between Ho Chi Minh City and Milan’s Malpensa Airport on Friday, 12 June.

The European Union (EU) has thrown its weight behind plans to change a UN scheme to tackle the aviation industry’s carbon footprint, to the dismay of environmental activists. On Tuesday, the 27 member states of the EU voted to support changes that would alter requirements of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation

The NEF’s report said at least 70,000 jobs in the wider aviation industry including engineering, catering and duty free shopping were at risk before the end of summer.

Delta Air Lines has warned that it expects its second-quarter revenue to be down 90 per cent on figures from the same time last year for the second quarter. The airline’s regulatory filing also confirmed that capacity is down by 85 per cent year-on-year. Unlike previous years, where estimations could be reasonably accurate a second

Pipistrel’s Velis Electro has become the first all-electric aircraft to secure type certification from a civil aviation body, after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the two-seater design on Wednesday.