https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:27:04 +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/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/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/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/2022/11/british-airways-relax-strict-dress-code/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:32:29 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94990 All employees in uniform will be allowed to wear mascara, false eyelashes and earrings regardless of their gender identity as of Monday.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/repairing-the-antonov-an-225-will-cost-500-million/ https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/repairing-the-antonov-an-225-will-cost-500-million/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:07:38 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94981 The manufacturer of the world’s largest aircraft has revealed that it would cost an estimated €500 million to rebuild the Antonov An-225. The plane was destroyed in the early stages of the Ukraine conflict by Russian forces at Hostomel Airport.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/repairing-the-antonov-an-225-will-cost-500-million/feed/ 1 https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/singapore-airlines-restarts-codeshare-agreement/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:03:57 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94974 Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines have been partners since 2011, but COVID-19 forced the partnership to go on pause.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2022/11/iata-survey-shows-passengers-are-open-to-biometrics/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:59:45 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=94976 Each year the IATA conducts a survey of around 10,000 people to learn about their experiences while travelling. This year, 10,206 respondents from over 200 countries completed the survey. Out of this sample, 80 per cent of passengers rated their experience as ‘very satisfied’ or ‘somewhat satisfied’.]]>