The World of Aviation

One of two additional C-17 Globemasters for the RAAF has been seen on the ramp outside Boeing’s Long Beach plant. This image by Australian Aviation photo contributor Steve Allsopp taken on May 22 shows the aircraft wearing the RAAF serial A41-213, suggesting it is the second of the two new airlifters due for delivery later this year

Newcastle Airport has appointed a former Perth Airport executive as its new chief executive. Peter Cock, who spent almost a decade working at Perth Airport including as executive general manager for operations and customer experience, chief operating officer and general manager for corporate risk, will start his new job on June 17 2015, Newcastle Airport

Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) regional wing Silkair has commenced service to a second Australian port, with MI 828 touching down in Cairns on Saturday morning. Silkair’s Boeing 737-800 9V-MGJ arrived to a traditional water cannon salute just before 1020 local time following the six hour and 15 minute journey from Singapore. The aircraft was on the

The A380 was one of the top topics of discussion at this year’s “Airbus Innovation Days”, Airbus’s annual media briefing for the aviation media, and not least because the location of this year’s event was the European planemaker’s A380 final assembly line facilities at Toulouse. Ten years after its first flight, the future of the

A memorandum of agreement (MoA) between Airservices and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has cleared the way for the Heron remotely piloted unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to be used in Australian civil airspace. The Air Force currently has two Heron aircraft, which operate out of RAAF Base Woomera in South Australia. So far, the

Australia’s “mixed demand environment” and the timing of public holidays prompted Qantas and Jetstar to take more seats out of the domestic market in April. Qantas reduced capacity, measured by available seat kilometres, by five per cent in April, according to the airline group’s monthly traffic statistics released on Friday. It continues a shrinking of