The World of Aviation

China Eastern and Qantas have offered a “capacity condition” on the Sydney-Shanghai route as part of their attempt to win over the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on their proposed alliance on Australia-China routes. The offer of a capacity condition is contained in the two carriers’ latest submission to the ACCC seeking approval for the

The European Space Agency says two Australian PhD researchers will join its Hexafly-Int project team looking at developing civil aircraft that are able to fly at hypersonic speeds. The two aeronautical engineering researchers from the University of Sydney, David Munk and Jonathan Jeyaratnam, are looking at the structural and aerodynamic design required for civil aircraft

Hawker Pacific will demonstrate a Bell 407GX helicopter at the 2015 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. The aircraft sales and support company says the 407GX seats up to six passengers and had the performance, reliability, speed and manoeuvrability for a range of missions and payloads. Hawker Pacific represents Bell Helicopter, Beechcraft and Diamond Aircraft in

Two Jetstar Airbus A320s are out of service after being doused with foam when a fire suppression system triggered inside a maintenance hangar at Newcastle Airport. The two narrowbodies – VH-VQW and VH-VQC – were inside the hangar when the fire system tripped on April 23 and filled the hangar with foam. VH-VQW, which arrived

British Airways has signed up actor Naomi Watts to help the airline celebrate its 80th anniversary of flights to Australia. The UK flag carrier’s first flight with paying customers to Australia began on April 13 1935, with then Imperial Airways operating the service in partnership with Qantas Empire Airways. The trip took 12 days, covered

An RAAF C-17 Globemaster will shortly be headed to Kathmandu with humanitarian and disaster relief supplies as part of the global effort to support Nepal following the devastating earthquakes that struck on Saturday. Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said the C-17 will also be used to evacuate Australian citizens and approved foreign nationals from the Nepal capital to