The World of Aviation

The coronavirus pandemic could lead to worse aviation emissions despite the significant reduction of planes in the sky, a report by HSBC has claimed. The analysis reveals that, while reduced flying capacity has been helpful in reducing CO2, it has also led to the delay of new, more eco-friendly aircraft.  “Prior to the pandemic, all

European budget airline Norwegian Air has cancelled orders for 97 aircraft from Chicago-based manufacturer Boeing, at the same time the company has levelled a suit to reclaim pre-delivery payments for the aircraft. In total, orders for five wide-body 787 Dreamliners and 92 737 MAX narrow-body jets have been cancelled, as well as the GoldCare service

After two years of extensive testing, Airbus has successfully flight tested the company’s Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. After over 500 partial wet runs, Airbus has achieved full-cycle flight testing with a commercial airliner; meaning the aircraft successfully taxied, departed and landed of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using

Embraer has announced the first delivery of its new, enhanced Phenom 300E, a high-speed and long-range single-pilot business jet, to Texas law firm Dunham & Jones.

American Airlines and United will be filling middle seats once more, despite the increase in cases of COVID-19 throughout the US.

The manufacturer added the ARJ21 will “play a positive role” in the promotion of regional aircraft operations, which has been a focus of all three state-owned airlines.