The World of Aviation

On October 6th, pilots employed by the Lufthansa subsidiary, Eurowings Germany, went on a 24-hour strike causing hundreds of flight cancellations. Over 300 flights had to be cancelled, affecting more than 30,000 passengers.

Due to the closure of Russian airspace, Virgin Atlantic will no longer be continuing flights between London Heathrow (LHR) to Hong Kong (HGK). The route was suspended in December 2021 with plans to be resumed in March 2023. Virgin Atlantic said that “after almost 30 years of proudly serving this Asian hub city” that it

American Airlines proposed a three-year pay cut to its maintenance technicians, crew chiefs, and engineers at Heathrow Airport earlier this week. As a direct result, 98% of the engineers voted to reject the proposal and to instead take strike action. The proposal saw salaries reduced by 5.3% for technicians or 3.8% for crew chiefs in

Croatia Airlines is set to order six brand-new Airbus A220 aircraft as part of a move to replace the entirety of its fleet by 2026. The choice to order A220s comes after a year spent deliberating between several aircraft including the Airbus A220, Embraer E2, and the Boeing 737 MAX. Croatia Airlines’ fleet currently consists

Rotterdam airport faced a security breach on October 3rd after a passenger managed to board a flight without a valid boarding pass, causing unscheduled landings for two Transavia flights. The passenger in question pressed the emergency button while at the security check, bringing everything to a standstill and creating confusion for enough time to slip

The two aircraft owned by Icelandair (Boeing 757) and Korean Air (Boeing 777) collided on the tarmac at Heathrow airport at about 8 pm on Wednesday, 28 September.