https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Tue, 29 Dec 2020 01:41:36 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-Favicon-150x150.png https://worldofaviation.com 32 32 https://worldofaviation.com/2020/12/2020-the-year-that-changed-aviation-part-1/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:59:53 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88181 World of Aviation recounts a year the industry will never forget. In part 1, we chart COVID bailouts and more trouble with the MAX. ]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/12/2020-the-year-the-changed-aviation-part-3/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:05:10 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88214 2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/12/2020-the-year-the-changed-aviation-part-2/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:00:46 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88207 2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/12/2020-the-year-that-changed-aviation-part-4/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:00:29 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88241 2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/05/feature-will-lufthansa-survive-the-crisis/ Fri, 22 May 2020 04:48:05 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=83872 Lufthansa is one of the biggest brands created by Germany, and one of the biggest and most successful airlines in the world. Like all other airlines in the industry, it's struggling to survive amidst the global health crisis that caused the demand for air travel to plunge drastically.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/emirates-flight-training-academy-aims-to-fill-the-pilot-gap/ https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/emirates-flight-training-academy-aims-to-fill-the-pilot-gap/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:32:35 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=80747 The global airline industry will need around 804,000 new civil aviation pilots in commercial and business aviation and for civil helicopters over the next 20 years.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/emirates-flight-training-academy-aims-to-fill-the-pilot-gap/feed/ 1 https://worldofaviation.com/2019/12/when-one-door-closes-another-one-opens-qantas-747-gets-second-life/ https://worldofaviation.com/2019/12/when-one-door-closes-another-one-opens-qantas-747-gets-second-life/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:08:46 +0000 https://thewofa.com?p=78621 After a near 20-year career with Qantas, Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU will have a second life flying as a Rolls-Royce test aircraft.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/12/when-one-door-closes-another-one-opens-qantas-747-gets-second-life/feed/ 6 https://worldofaviation.com/2019/11/electric-dreams/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:58:17 +0000 https://thewofa.com?p=77163 Dawn of the silent, clean, ion machine. Who knew that we’d be looking for the same qualities in both aircraft and roommates?]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/10/ready-to-rise-ge9x/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:26:08 +0000 https://thewofa.com?p=76811 A key milestone was achieved at the Boeing Everett factory in Washington in November when engineers completed assembly of the major fuselage sections of the first flight-test B777X, the manufacturer’s latest long-haul, twin-aisle jet.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/10/kiwi-ingenuity-behind-the-movie-industrys-best-aerial-cinematography/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:00:47 +0000 http://thewofa.com/?p=63042 When an innovative New Zealand company develops a cutting-edge aerial camera system a stone’s throw from an airport where a helicopter operator services A-list movie productions, it offers a fortuitous match. Add to that jaw-dropping scenery of mountains, lakes, valleys, waterfalls, forests and fiords, of epic movie proportions on their doorstep, and that’s a trifecta.]]>