The World of Aviation

Lufthansa will become a partially state owned airline as it comes to an agreement with the German government over the conditions of its funding under the Economic Stabilisation Fund, or Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds (WSF). The package will provide stabilisation measures and loans to the airline totaling up to €9 billion. The bailout will be biggest for an

Grounded jets presents a new challenge for airline operators around the world as they work hard to maintain their assets until they can be revived.

The coronavirus pandemic has moved at varying speeds across the globe. As borders closed in locations across the world, other countries in new regions are only just beginning to be affected. Much of the world’s borders are now closed as the virus reaches its peak. However, signs of slow recovery in some European countries, including

Low-cost operator French Bee has carried out the world’s longest non-stop domestic commercial flight between Tahiti-Faa’a, French Polynesia and Paris Orly with an Airbus A350-900.

The UK’s Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has confirmed that it has withdrawn from a project to convert five Boeing 737NGs into E-7A Wedgetail surveillance platforms for the Royal Air Force, saying the project was commercially unviable. The UK Ministry of Defence in March 2019 signed a £1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) contract with Boeing to

Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed 97 people died, and two survived, when an A320 crashed into a crowded residential district in Karachi on Friday after twice trying to land at the airport.