Aviation

No-fly zones for drones within 5 kilometres of British airports will come into force next month, the government said on Wednesday, after drone sightings caused severe disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. “The enlarged zone will...

The flight tests of Russia’s hybrid aircraft engine will start in 2020, CEO of the Baranov Central Institute of Aircraft Motor-Building (TsIAM) Mikhail Gordin told TASS today. The hybrid power-plant implies that the propeller is rotated...

Europe’s Airbus is scrapping production of the A380 superjumbo, with lackluster sales forcing it to abandon a dream of dominating the skies with a 21st century cruiseliner. The world’s largest airliner, with two decks of spacious...

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer on Thursday signed an agreement for the sale of its commercial divison to Boeing — and set the date for a shareholders meeting to approve the tie-up on February 26. Despite initial...

Ryanair has won the dubious honor of the UK’s least-liked short-haul airline for the sixth year running. The results from a Which survey of airline passengers ranked Ryanair at the bottom of 19 carriers flying from...

Cathay Pacific has said it will honour first-class and business-class tickets that it sold to some lucky passengers for a fraction of the usual price. The Hong Kong-based airline mistakenly sold business-class seats on August flights...

Boeing Co looked poised to beat European arch-rival Airbus for aircraft orders in 2018 by a wide margin after clinching billions of dollars in new business from Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways and Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal. The...

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the Bangladeshi private carriers, will resume its flight operations to Bangkok from February 01 after suspension of four months. From February, the carrier will operate four flights to Bangkok from Dhaka on every Sunday,...

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the airlines in Bangladesh, will start daily flight to Guangzhou, China from December 6 to provide better connectivity to valued passengers. The airlines made the decision of increasing number of flights to...

Bombardier Inc is to cut 490 jobs at its Belfast operations, the Canadian company announced on Wednesday. The company, the biggest high-tech manufacturer in Northern Ireland and one of the region’s most important foreign investors, currently...