https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:04:27 +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/2020/08/s7-flight-diverted-after-kremlin-critic-suspected-poisoned/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:04:27 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86070 A Moscow-bound S7 Airlines flight carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny diverted to the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday, following a suspected poisoning. The 737-800, registered VP-BQF, departed Tomsk Bogashevo Airport in the country’s east at 8:06am. After nearly an hour in the air,  the politician was heard screaming from an onboard lavatory. Passengers]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/graded-costa-rican-reopening-sees-five-us-states-permitted-entry/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 07:30:47 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86049 Costa Rica plans to reopen to US tourists from September onwards, shortly after readmitting travellers flying from a handful of countries deemed "low risk".]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/virgin-atlantic-defers-airbus-deliveries/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 07:24:28 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86038 Virgin Atlantic reportedly plans to delay the delivery of a number of aircraft produced by French plane maker Airbus.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/sia-burns-through-half-funds-raised-in-just-two-months/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:39:05 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86045 Around half the proceeds of a US$6.4 billion capital raise have already been spent by Singapore Airlines’ parent company SIA Group since it was first completed on 5 June. Operating at less than 10 per cent capacity, the Singaporean carrier has burned through more money in the two months leading up August than SIA, Cathay]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/uae-police-dogs-deployed-to-sniff-out-covid-19/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:14:01 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86014 As the UAE emerges from one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, sniffer dogs have been deployed at Dubai International Airport. The world-first procedure involves – according to Emirati broadsheet The National – taking perspiration samples from arriving visitors before being placed under the noses of specially trained dogs. Dubai only reopened its doors to international]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/fly-now-pay-later-jetblue-rolls-out-lay-by-scheme/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:45:58 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=86009 JetBlue customers will be able to fly before paying a single dollar, under a new partnership with New York-based Goldman Sachs. The low-cost carrier – which has recently made headlines for achieving carbon neutrality across its domestic network – began trialling its MarcusPay option to recreational travellers in April. However, this feature is now available]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/ghana-nigeria-to-resume-international-flights/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 07:09:44 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=85996 Ghana and Nigeria are set to reopen their borders to international travel on 29 August and 1 September, respectively. While Nigeria reopened its domestic travel network on 8 July (after shuttering all airports on 21 March), international flights are set to be phased in gradually. Al Jazeera reported yesterday that Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika plans]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/south-korea-formalises-finishing-touches-for-first-aircraft-carrier/ https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/south-korea-formalises-finishing-touches-for-first-aircraft-carrier/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:59:19 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=85980 Responding to growing concerns about a sneak attack crippling its land-based air base infrastructure, South Korea has released further details about plans for the nation’s first aircraft carrier based on the existing Dokdo Class vessels, with power projection missions also on the cards. As both China and Japan surge ahead with plans to build potent aircraft]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/south-korea-formalises-finishing-touches-for-first-aircraft-carrier/feed/ 4 https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/ceiling-of-newly-built-islamabad-airport-collapses-amid-torrential-downpour/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:57:39 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=85990 The structural integrity of the newly-built Islamabad International Airport has been called into question, after a false ceiling collapsed under torrential rain. Monsoon rain – which has battered much of the country over August – struck the Pakistani capital early Friday morning, causing damage to concourse halls, domestic arrival lounge, CIP lounges and international departure]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/08/belgium-scores-sign-off-on-skyguardian-fms-approval/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:55:03 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=85986   Belgium’s acquisition of four General Atomics unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been brought forward, with the US foreign military sales (FMS) committee signing off on a US$188.9 million contract. Announced late last week by the Department of Defense (DoD), four MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones will be delivered from California to the low-lying European nation for]]>