The World of Aviation

The Association of Flight Attendants surveyed almost 5,000 staff from 25 June to 14 July, and found that 84 per cent of cabin crew reported they were cursed at, yelled at, and some even followed and harassed back to the airport.

United Airlines has made moves this week on food services to ramp up summer demand as the carrier transitions to outsourced catering for long-haul flights, impacting over 2,000 jobs.

German manufacturer Lilium has announced its partnership with CUSTOMCELLS to supply tailor-made lithium-ion based battery cells for its flying taxi.

UK-based leisure airline Jet2 is looking to breaking a near two-decade loyalty to Boeing by switching to Airbus narrowbody jets in its upcoming fleet renewal, according to industry sources.

American Airlines pilots and flight crew unions have filed grievances to the carrier, claiming it has not provided sufficient transportation and hotels during layovers, which has seen crew forced to sleep in airports.

Boeing has announced it has been able to avoid 10,000 job losses that it originally warned of last year, after reporting its first quarterly profit in nearly two years.