The World of Aviation

Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks after removal of the economy-class seats.

The French government has tacked a number of environmental requirements to a multibillion-euro rescue package offered to the national carrier. Last week, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the French Parliament that support for the airline would not come in the form of a “blank cheque”. Moreover, funding will be contingent on Air France’s willingness

Airbus and British engineering multinational Rolls Royce have scrapped plans to launch a hybrid-electric aircraft, the ‘E-Fan X.’

SAAB delivered the first of its GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System aircraft to the United Arab Emirates on 29 April 2020.

The government of Portugal has indicated that it will intervene to help ensure the survival of national carrier TAP airlines.

Boeing has stung the USAF VC-25B project, better known as Air Force One, with a $168m add-on charge, citing disruptions to its engineering process caused by coronavirus.