Boeing, the largest US manufacturer and exporter of aircraft will be building their first military drone in Australia. The plant will be built in southern Queensland at the Wellcamp Aerospace and Defence Precinct near Toowoomba. Navy drones will be made …
Wizz Air announced on Sept. 1 that it will require all its flight and cabin staff to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December. In a statement, the Hungary-based airline said that the mandatory vaccination will support “smooth and continued …
Ryanair is ending all flights at both airports in the Northern Ireland capital due to air passenger duty (APD) and lack of COVID-19 recovery incentives, the Irish carrier announced. “Due to the [United Kingdom] government’s refusal to suspend or reduce …
The Pentagon has ordered United States commercial airlines to assist in evacuating tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover. According to a statement released on Aug. 22, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin activated Stage 1 of …
Qantas will make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all its employees as part of its “commitment to safety,” the airline announced on Aug. 18. Qantas said in a statement that it is requiring all of its frontline employees, including cabin crew, …
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Monday has offered NASA a $2 billion discount in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander to land astronauts on the moon. “This offer is not a deferral but is an outright …
The U.K. government on Wednesday revealed is long-awaited Transport Decarbonization Plan that will allow it to create a net-zero transport sector by the year 2050. According to British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the plan, which was finally published on Wednesday, …
Boeing announced on Tuesday that it will cut the production rate of its 787 Dreamliner planes after detecting a new production-related structural defect on some of the wide-body jets. In a statement, the company said that it will deliver fewer …
Virgin Galactic has set July 11, 2021 as the date for the first commercial space flight of the company’s Unity rocket. The announcement means that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will beat competitor Blue Origin to paid commercial space flights by …
President Biden and European Union leaders agreed on a deal Tuesday to end a 17-year-old trade dispute between rival plane makers Boeing and Airbus over aircraft subsidies. Two days of negotiations in Brussels resulted in a draft deal on how …