This is a list of aviation-related events in 2022. Throughout the year, the aviation industry was recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
20 May
Airspeeder conducts its first remotely-piloted eVTOL race, with Zephatali Walsh named as the inaugural season champion. [44]
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. [73]
Across all airline operations globally, there were 12 fatal accidents resulting in 229 fatalities in 2022. [74] 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.