The World of Aviation

He’s controversial, he’s wealthy, and he’s drawn the ire of the global fighter pilot community – now US Air Force fighter pilots and senior leadership have hit back at bombastic entrepreneur Elon Musk’s contentious statement: “the fighter jet era has passed”. Defenceconnect editor Stephen Kuper delves beneath to rhetoric to ask, is he right?

The failure of Exeter-based airline Flybe yesterday has left large swathes of regional Britain effectively cut off from the rest of the country.

Boeing’s new chief executive appeared to blame pilots for the two 737 MAX crashes, in a candid interview with The New York Times.

British regional airline Flybe has entered administration and grounded all flights, with multiple sources blaming coronavirus for tipping the beleaguered carrier over the edge.  

General Electric has reached a 737 MAX engine payment deal with Boeing to help ease its cash flow problems.

New figures released by the International Air Transport Association for January shows the slowest traffic growth since 2010’s volcanic ash crisis.