The World of Aviation

Singapore Airlines B747-400F Engine pod strike and A330-300 Tail strike in same week.

To the uninitiated, low-flying helicopters with protruding booms that look like jousting lances flying back and forth over the same patch of terrain would seem an odd activity. For Australia’s Griffith-based Thomson Aviation Geophysical Survey it’s all in a day’s work

IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac says it has been a tough year for the cargo market as the annual peak air cargo season gets off to a slow start.

United Airlines has announced an order for 50 Airbus A321XLRs to be delivered from 2024 alongside plans to defer its order of 45 A350-900s by five years.

Sir Richard Branson has backed out of a deal to sell a 31 per cent stake in Virgin Atlantic to Air France-KLM that was struck in 2017.

Hong Kong Airlines has reassured passengers it is operating as normal despite local authorities imposing a five-day deadline to improve its finances.