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/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/2022/11/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]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/british-airways-to-trial-biometric-boarding/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:02:39 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=95001 The biometric technology will remove the need for passengers to show their passports in order to travel internationally.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/ryanair-to-invest-200-million-in-fuel-efficiency-improvements/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:31:47 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94965 The entire retrofitting program will cost approximately $200 million and will be completed throughout the coming European winter. According to the airline, adding the split-scimitar additions to the wings of the aircraft will reduce fuel consumption by 1.5 per cent.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/polish-airlines-requests-classification-as-crime-victims-in-boeing-criminal-case/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 03:58:07 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94940 LOT Polish Airlines has requested US District Judge Reed O’Connor declare them as “crime victims” in the Boeing 737 MAX criminal case. The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in for 20 months starting in March 2019 following two fatal accidents involving the aircraft in Ethiopia and Indonesia. LOT Polish Airlines has argued that this]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/emirates-starts-multi-billion-dollar-retrofit-project/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:17:39 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94943 The retrofit program is expected to take up to two years and will involve work on 120 aircraft.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/10/sikorsky-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-achieves-ioc/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:52:20 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94890 The US Air Force (USAF) has confirmed Sikorsky’s HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter has achieved initial operational capability (IOC).]]>