Commercial pilots should be encouraged to fly their aircraft manually in routine flight to be better able to handle emergencies.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East (AME), will be appointed senior vice president for customer, financial and digital services (CFDS), based in Geneva.

Retirements sped up, deliveries stretched out as American, Delta, Southwest, United ponder post-pandemic operations.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

The Thai State Enterprise Policy Committee (SEPC) has approved a THB58 billion ($1.8 billion) loan for Thai Airways as the debt laden flag-carrier grapples with prolonged travel disruption from the COVID-19 outbreak.

Women are making an increasing contribution to the aviation industry worldwide and are also directly supporting global exchanges in diverse areas facilitated by aviation such as international trade. On the occasion of International Women's Day, Emirates is highlighting one aspect of how women in aviation are supporting economies and touching lives across the world.

Sales of the MRO arm, its frequent flyer programme and its in-flight catering service could net the flag carrier around $2.4 billion.

American Airlines is seizing on the downturn posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to streamline its fleet structure, announcing plans to retire five separate fleet types spanning 99 airliners.