Hawker Pacific, Seacor complete strategic investment deal
Secor completed its purchase of a minority holding in Hawker Pacific late last year. A wholly owned subsidiary of marine and aviation assets company Secor Holdings Inc, Seacor Capital became a minority shareholder of Hawker Pacific with a $25 million investment. In return, Hawker Pacific has provided newly issued common equity, allowing Seacor to appoint
All Black A320 to touch down this afternoon
Air New Zealand’s new All Black A320 aircraft will touch down at Auckland airport for the first time this afternoon, signalling the start of the airline’s domestic fleet renewal. The aircraft (ZK-OAB), is due to arrive in Auckland at 3:30pm NZDT time this afternoon, after making a three day journey from the home base of
Qantas to codeshare with Jetstar Asia
Qantas is to codeshare on 11 Jetstar Asia routes out of Singapore from April 1. Subject to regulatory approval, Qantas will codeshare on Jetstar Asia (including Valuair) services from Singapore to Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Osaka (via Taipei), Penang, Phuket, Taipei, Bangkok, Denpasar (Bali), Ho Chi Minh City, and Hong Kong, as well as to Auckland. Jetstar
Fifth and last test F-35B makes first test flight
The last Lockheed Martin F-35B development aircraft made its maiden flight on January 28, taking off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. The STOVL jet, BF-5, has been assigned to developmental flight testing, and will ferry to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, later this year, where it will join four other F-35Bs and
OAM for F-111 book author
Author of the recently released history of the F-111 in Australian service From Controversy to Cutting Edge, Air Commodore Mark Lax retired, has been awarded the Order of Australia medal. Announced in the Australia Day honours list, Lax’s OAM is “For service to the community through the research, documentation and recording of Australia’s military history.”
Cessna Skycatcher deliveries ramp up
Cessna has announced it has now delivered more than 30 Skycatcher light sport aircraft. Cessna has so far taken delivery of over 60 Skycatcher airframes from China’s Shenyang Aircraft Coporation at its reassembly site at Yingling Aviation in Wichita, Kansas, as the company plans to deliver 150 Skycatchers in 2011. “Our US reassembly facility is
