The World of Aviation

Virgin Australia will introduce its fleet of Airbus A330-200s on its loss-making international network from April when it sends the widebodied aircraft to Fiji. The A330s will operate between Sydney to Nadi on a seasonal basis with the first flight starting on Saturday April 4, the airline said in a statement on Monday. It was

Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) have officially received the newest glider for its training programs. The presentation took place at the Avalon Airshow on Friday, when Darren Chester, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, and Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown presented the new ASK-21 Mi self-launching glider. The AAFC, a youth

Gulfstream says its range of business jets satisfies the time-poor frequent traveller’s need for speed. “If a CEO wastes 10 minutes he could live to be a billion years old and never make up that 10 minutes,” said Gulfstream regional senior vice-president for international sales Roger Sperry at the Avalon Airshow this week. “If the

Toll Group signed a contract for eight AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in a ceremony at the Avalon Airshow on Wednesday. Toll will use the aircraft to service its newly-won NSW Air Ambulance contract to operate aeromedical retrieval operations from Sydney’s Bankstown Airport as well as Orange, Wollongong and Canberra. The new helicopters, for NSW’s newly formed Helicopter

Fancy a 25-year-old Boeing 757-200 previously owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and used to fly the Portland Trail Blazers around the US during the National Basketball Association season? Then bring $30 million or so down to the Avalon Airshow. The aircraft, with Bermuda registration VQ-BTF, has been on static display during the six-day event

Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss says the creation of one air traffic management system for the whole country will be of particular benefit for airports that handle both military and civilian aircraft. The federal government has named Thales as the successful supplier to commence work on the Onesky project, which aims to combine both the