2022 in aviation


This is a list of aviation-related events in 2022. Throughout the year, the aviation industry was recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

January

; 1 January
; 5 January
; 6 January
; 7 January
; 8 January
; 14 January
; 20 January
; 21 January
; 27 January
; 31 January

February

; 7 February
; 16 February
; 22 February
; 24 February
; 25 February
; 27 February

March

; 1 March
; 2 March
; 7 March
; 8 March
; 9 March
; 14 March
; 17 March
; 21 March
; 28 March

April

; 7 April
; 13 April
; 19 April
; 28 April

May

; 5 May
; 12 May
; 16 May
20 May
Airspeeder conducts its first remotely-piloted eVTOL race, with Zephatali Walsh named as the inaugural season champion.
; 22 May
; 29 May

June

; 1 June
; 7 June
; 15 June
; 21 June
;28 June

July

; 5 July
; 16 July
; 18 July
; 18–22 July
; 19 July
; 28 July

August

; 16 August

September

; 8 September
; 27 September
; 29 September

October

;23 October
; 27 October

November

; 6 November
; 12 November
;18 November
; 28 November

December

; 2 December
; 5 December
;21 December

Orders and deliveries

Airbus booked 820 net orders in 2022 and delivered 661 aircraft, for a year-end backlog of 7,239; while Boeing booked 774 orders and delivered 480 aircraft for a backlog of 5,430.

First flights

15 June - Airbus A321XLR

Ceased operations

Deadliest crash

Across all airline operations globally, there were 12 fatal accidents resulting in 229 fatalities in 2022.
Accounting for more than half of those, the deadliest crash of this year was China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, a Boeing 737 which crashed in Teng County, China, on 21 March, killing all 132 people on board.