https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:02:49 +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/2022/12/last-747-rolls-off-production-line-as-an-era-comes-to-an-end/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:02:49 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95066 The final Boeing 747 rolled off the production line on 6 December, bookmarking 54 years of production for the iconic aircraft. The aircraft was the 1,574th 747 to be built by Boeing and was produced at the Boeing Paine Field facility in Everett, Washington. Bringing the story of the 747 full circle, the facility in]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/netjets-orders-ultra-long-range-private-jets-from-bombardier/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 05:43:14 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95061 NetJets plans to expand its private jet operations with an order of Bombardier’s Global 8000 ultra-long-range private jets. Bombardier will provide NetJets with an expanded fleet of 24 Global 8000 aircraft. NetJets currently operates around 850 private jets, making it one of the largest private jet providers in the world. Its current fleet includes 32]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/thompson-aero-seating-to-construct-crash-test-facility-in-ireland/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:54:24 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95019 Thompson Aero Seating, a UK-based supplier of business and first-class seating has announced a plan to invest $8.9 million to develop a new seat crash test facility. The Dynamic Test Facility (DTF) which will serve as an aircraft test simulator at the Thompson brownfield site in Banbridge, County Down is currently in the construction phase.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/russia-denies-guilty-verdict-in-mh17-case/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:50:28 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95021 Russia has refused to acknowledge the guilty verdict handed down in a Dutch court to three defendants found guilty of shooting down flight MH17. The Dutch government summoned Russia’s ambassador after the Russian foreign ministry rejected the guilty verdict and claimed the life sentences were “scandalous.” Russia has refused to extradite the convicted men, claiming]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/new-3d-luggage-scanners-to-be-rolled-out-in-uk-airports/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:47:13 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95023 UK airports will begin installing more advanced security scanners by 2024 which may eliminate the need for limits on liquids. Major UK airports will install more advanced CT security scanners progressively, with the new screening equipment currently being tested at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The Department of Transport told the UK’s major airports that the]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/airline-regulators-pushing-for-single-pilot-flights/ https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/airline-regulators-pushing-for-single-pilot-flights/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:57:08 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95025 Airline regulators are pushing for changes to the rules regarding the number of pilots required to be in the cockpit during flight. Regulators are seeking changes that will allow flights with one pilot in the cockpit of passenger jets instead of the usual two. Over 40 countries including Germany, the UK and New Zealand have]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/airline-regulators-pushing-for-single-pilot-flights/feed/ 3 https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/rolls-royce-tests-aircraft-engine-that-runs-on-hydrogen-fuel/ https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/rolls-royce-tests-aircraft-engine-that-runs-on-hydrogen-fuel/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:54:24 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95027 Rolls-Royce has achieved an aviation milestone in a bid to decarbonise air travel with a successful ground test of an aircraft engine that runs on hydrogen. A joint project with airline easyJet, which is providing financial support, the test took place at a British military facility in Wiltshire. Rolls-Royce said that the successful test was]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/rolls-royce-tests-aircraft-engine-that-runs-on-hydrogen-fuel/feed/ 1 https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/small-plane-crashes-into-powerline-tower-in-maryland-us/ https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/small-plane-crashes-into-powerline-tower-in-maryland-us/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:46:33 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95029 Two people were seriously injured after their small plane crashed into a transmission tower linking powerlines on Sunday night in Maryland. The passengers were trapped in the plane for multiple hours almost 30m above the ground as emergency services worked carefully to free them. The pilot, Patrick Merkle, 65 and passenger Jan Williams, 66, were]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/12/small-plane-crashes-into-powerline-tower-in-maryland-us/feed/ 1 https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/gols-new-livery-promotes-brazils-fifa-world-cup-team/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:03:17 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95010 The aircraft was revealed at Belo Horizonte International Airport on Wednesday and brings the number of planes bedecked with the team’s colours to three. GOL is the official carrier of Brazil’s Football Confederation after inheriting the honour from predecessors Varig and LATAM.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/identities-of-those-killed-in-dallas-airshow-collision-released/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 06:59:11 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95006 The identities of the six victims killed in the mid-air crash at the Dallas air show last weekend have been released by the Commemorative Air Force non-profit organisation. They have been identified as Terry Barker, Leonard Root, Craig Hutain, Kevin Michels, Curtis Rowe and Dan Ragan. Between them, the men had over 10 decades of]]>