A student team from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is one of the five selected by Airbus to compete in the finals of the 2013 Fly Your Ideas global university challenge. Joining teams from from Brazil, India, Italy and Malaysia for the final, the RMIT’s Team CLiMA will now travel to France to present
RFDS acquires two new King Airs
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in Queensland is to take delivery of two new Beechcraft King Air B200s. The aircraft are currently being built with delivery set for the first quarter of 2014. RFDS will use the King Airs for aeromedical retrieval duties. The new twin-engine turboprops are being specifically produced to suit the
Encouraging signs for GA sales
In a sign of strength being regained in general aviation (GA) sales, aircraft deliveries increased 9.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2013. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced shipments increased from 418 units in 2012 to 458 units this year. Billings for GA aircraft totalled US$4.6 billion in the first three months,
25th year of consecutive profit for Emirates
The Emirates Group has posted a US$ 845 million net profit, up 34 per cent from the previous year, from revenues of US$21.1 billion, an increase of 17 per cent. “Achieving our 25th consecutive year of profit with our largest ever increase in capacity across the network is an achievement that speaks to the strength of our brands and
Stopwatch reset – again – for MRH90
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has signed an agreement with Australian Aerospace and its industry partners the Defence Minister says will “help put the MRH90 helicopter program back on a positive footing”. The agreement “re-baselines the project’s schedule and settles a number of disputed program issues”. The MRH90 program is three years late and has
Milestones for Airbus in April
April marked a number of milestones for Airbus’s order and delivery activities, bringing it to a new industry record backlog of 4,973 aircraft that corresponds to more than seven years of production. During the month new orders for 83 aircraft were received – led by the largest ever Turkish Airlines order, comprising 57 A320neo-family (53
