Bundaberg’s Jabiru Aircraft has come on board as a major sponsor of Australian Aviation contributor Owen Zupp’s ‘There and Back’ initiative, providing an aircraft to undertake next year’s around Australia flight. “The choice of the Australian built Jabiru J230 will make ‘There and Back’ a truly all-Australian flight,” said Owen. The new build VH certified

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has announced that it has completed high altitude trials of the SuperJet 100, which were conducted at Gyumri in Armenia. The program of tests included continued take-off as well as OEI missed approach flights. The majority of the takeoffs were performed with one engine failure imitation at maximum take-off weight.

Jetstar has announced that it is extending its ‘price beat guarantee’ to the range of packages offered through Jetstar Holidays. This will mean that Jetstar will beat lower priced, comparable holiday package by 10 per cent, subject to verifying the competing holiday package and the Jetstar Holidays package is available.

IATA pledged to cut the aviation industry’s carbon dioxide emissions by half by 2050 in a presentation to the United Nations Secretary General’s Summit on Climate Change in New York on September 22. IATA presented a paper outlining three key emissions reduction targets for the industry. The first is to improve carbon efficiency with a

Japan Air Lines is seeking a bailout from the Japanese government, raising the prospect that the airline will be forced to make major cuts to its network to survive. JAL chief executive Haruka Nishimatsu is understood to have met with new Transport Minister Seiji Maehara and requested that the government make a capital injection into

Auckland International Airport Limited has recorded a 1.2 per cent decline in international passengers during August, although domestic traffic continued to grow. The fall in international traffic was magnified by a fall in transit and transfer traffic, which when included saw international passenger numbers decline by four per cent compared to August 2008. However, traffic