Ex RAAF F-111s offered to museums
Up to seven ex RAAF F-111s will be offered on loan to aircraft museums and historical organisations for display, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare has announced. The aircraft will be loaned contingent on a number of conditions “to ensure the safe preservation of the aircraft”, including housing the aircraft inside, completing specified preservation maintenance, and
F-35B to commence sea trials
The US Navy will commence sea trials with an F-35B JSF development aircraft on October 3. Scheduled to be held aboard the LHD USS Wasp, an instrumented F-35B will conduct a number of short takeoffs and vertical landings to prove the type’s ability to operate from a vessel. Despite the initial trials being scheduled to
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Rex to start Newcastle services
Regional Express (Rex) has announced it will commence services between Newcastle and Sydney, and Newcastle and Ballina/Byron Bay, from October 30. The airline will operate three daily return services between Sydney and Newcastle on weekdays and two return services on weekends, for a total of 38 flights per week on the sector. In addition, a
Record year for ATR
ATR says it has received 145 firm aircraft orders for the year to date, a new annual record sales figure despite there being three months of the year remaining. “This sales record, and the year is not yet over, once again underlines the relevance of our product to meet the requirements of regional transport, which
Lufthansa board approves additional Airbus orders
Lufthansa will order seven more Airbus airliners – two additional A380s, four A320s and one A330-300 – and has signed for five Embraer E-195s. “I am delighted that this additional order will enable us to secure the development of our short, medium and long haul fleets,” Nico Buchholz, executive VP Lufthansa Group fleet management said
