The World of Aviation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted anyone arriving at UK airports from any country except Ireland will have to self-quarantine for 14 days.

The first of a series of Airbus A350s to be refurbished on behalf of German Chancellor Angela Merkel was delivered in Hamburg yesterday. The government plans to refit three Airbus A350s to replace the ageing fleet of A340s currently used for executive transport. The first of these, given the civilian registration D-AGAF, arrived at Lufthansa

American Airlines has announced that the company will resume flights between the US and Spain over the coming week, after new COVID-19 cases in the European country have fallen dramatically. The move will make AA the first major US airline to reboot US-Spain connections since travel restrictions were first levelled in March. Flight AA36 departed

Somali and Kenyan officials are set to hold a joint investigation into the downing of a humanitarian flight in Somalia’s south-west on Monday. Officials from respective governments spoke Tuesday, in a bid to curb escalating tensions between the two east African nations. “The government of the Republic of Kenya urges the federal government of Somalia

Video footage showing conditions on a “packed” American Airlines flight has been circulated on social media, after passenger Krissy Maloney posted the clip online. The Connecticut woman blasted the airline over reportedly failing to comply with social distancing guidelines, claiming that “every single seat on this plane was filled”. Maloney also claimed that, contrary to

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has become the first industry figure to give the phenomenon of passenger-to-cargo transformations a name.