https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:17:42 +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/2024/11/air-charter-industry-mobilizes-globally-for-humanitarian-crises/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:13:33 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=97093 The air charter industry has responded to multiple humanitarian emergencies in 2024, providing critical aid and evacuation services across several continents. Air Charter Service’s Director Ben Dinsdale said the sector had united to address numerous disasters and conflicts. “The industry has been called into action multiple times this year, all around the globe, to facilitate]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2024/08/faa-refers-43-more-unruly-passenger-cases-to-fbi-for-possible-prosecution/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:49:49 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=96828 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has referred 43 additional cases of unruly passenger behaviour to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for potential criminal prosecution over the past year. This brings the total number of serious cases referred to the FBI to over 310 since late 2021, as part of a partnership aimed at ensuring]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2024/05/australian-cabin-crew-launch-fatigue-doesnt-fly-campaign-calling-for-mandatory-rest-regulations/ Fri, 31 May 2024 01:08:02 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=96540 On International Cabin Crew Day, the Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia (FAAA) has launched the “Fatigue Doesn’t Fly” campaign, urging the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to introduce mandatory flight time and rest regulations for cabin crew. More than a decade after the initial consultation process and five years after the introduction of regulations for]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/man-who-inspired-the-terminal-dies-at-paris-airport/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 06:19:53 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94994 Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian exile, has called Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport home for the past 18 years after falling into legal limbo in 1988.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/05/discrimination-plain-and-simple-union-pushes-back-at-start-up-breezes-hiring-policy/ https://worldofaviation.com/2021/05/discrimination-plain-and-simple-union-pushes-back-at-start-up-breezes-hiring-policy/#comments Mon, 03 May 2021 04:58:52 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90347 A branch of one of the US’ most prominent flight attendant unions has called out aviation veteran David Neeleman’s latest start-up airline venture over its hiring policy. Neeleman’s latest airline, Breeze, has reportedly teamed up with Utah Valley University in order to recruit a team of solely junior part-time flight attendants, ahead of the carrier’s]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/05/discrimination-plain-and-simple-union-pushes-back-at-start-up-breezes-hiring-policy/feed/ 5 https://worldofaviation.com/2021/04/bad-apple-wizz-air-head-of-flight-operations-under-fire-after-stepping-down/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 06:26:15 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=90076 Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has hit a storm of controversy over the recent replacement of its chief of flight operations, who is alleged to have encouraged his team to target people who take sick days or don’t accept shifts on their days off for redundancies. According to a report by Reuters, voice recordings from]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/03/delta-returns-all-pilots-to-active-flying-status/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:29:46 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=89442 Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has informed staff that it will return all of its pilots back to ‘active flying status’ by October this year, as it banks on increasing demand for domestic leisure and business travel. According to an internal memo sent to staff by Delta senior vice president and chief of operations John Laughter,]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/02/jetblue-pilots-reject-tentative-agreement-over-american-partnership/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 05:16:12 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=89136 JetBlue pilots have rejected a tentative agreement that would have given the airline the ability to successfully complete its long-planned partnership with American Airlines without meeting previous contractual obligations to pilots. A statement released by the JetBlue pilot’s union, Air Line Pilots Association, stated that 53.7 per cent of pilots participating in the vote were]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/02/american-airlines-warns-13000-staff-at-risk-of-furlough/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 06:18:35 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88932 American Airlines has warned 13,000 of its staff that they are at risk of furlough when the extended US financial aid package for airline workers expires on 1 April 2021. The airline has blamed a slower-than-expected rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine as well as the slew of newly-introduced international travel restrictions announced off the back]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/02/600000-more-pilots-required-over-next-20-years-despite-covid/ https://worldofaviation.com/2021/02/600000-more-pilots-required-over-next-20-years-despite-covid/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2021 06:12:02 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=88668 Despite ongoing challenges and record-low levels of demand for air travel, aviation industry experts expect around 600,000 more skilled pilots will be required over the next two decades. According to a report by travel industry analysis firm Skift, the global pre-pandemic pilot shortage will return shortly after travel demand plateaus at normal levels, with the]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2021/02/600000-more-pilots-required-over-next-20-years-despite-covid/feed/ 6