Heathrow Airport can continue with an application to construct a third runway after the UK High Court ruled the government's blueprint for expansion to be legally sound.In a judgement today, the court rejected five claims for judicial review challenging the secretary of state's decision to designate the Airports National Policy Statement. Four of the claims – concerning climate changes, surface access, noise, air quality and habitats – were brought by five London boroughs, the Mayor of London, several nongovernmental organisations, Greenpeace being one of them and one individual claimant. The fifth, pertaining to "legitimate expectation and anti-competition", was filed by proponents of a rival scheme. The airport was satisfied with the judgement as a "further demonstration that the debate on Heathrow expansion has been had and won, not only in parliament, but in the courts also".

An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER engine has caught fire after departing out of Oliver Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) on Sunday evening. The flight continued to its destination, Harare, where it landed safely. Air Zimbabwe released a brief statement saying: "The malfunction did not threaten the continuation of the flight and the safety of crew and passengers on board and it landed safely in Harare at 2035 hours. Our engineers have commenced the requisite investigations and a report will be issued in due course," Air Zimbabwe said in a statement attributed to "management".
"We regret to inform our valued passengers that this incident may result in a disruption of our normal schedule. Schedule updates will be published on our website ..." South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority have not yet commented on the incident.

Boeing believes that pilots should not be required to complete training in a flight simulator prior to flying the 737 Max once the grounding is lifted by regulators. Boeing's chief executive Dennis Muilenburg confirms Boeing is instead developing computer-based training, though it intends to offer flight simulator time as an option later to some airlines’ pilots.
“We believe that the right training right now is computer-based training,” Muilenburg said during the company’s annual general meeting on 29th of April. Muilenburg describes flight simulator training as a “downstream” option available “where it makes sense” and based on airlines’ “individual needs”. “We will be providing enhanced training and supplemental materials to our airline… customers,” he said.