The World of Aviation

Virgin Australia is to start flying its first business class seats across the Tasman on February 28, with the old formerly red Eurobusiness-style premium economy seats from the age of Virgin Blue and Pacific Blue to be replaced by the 2011-era Virgin Australia recliner seats. Flights between Auckland and Sydney will be the first to see

French Polynesian airline Air Tahiti Nui is to replace its ageing Airbus A340-300 fleet with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Four 787-9 aircraft will arrive to succeed the airline’s five-strong A340-300 fleet, which were manufactured between 2001 and 2005 and operate from the airline’s Papeete hub to Tokyo Narita, Auckland, and Los Angeles with onward services from LAX

Pilatus is displaying a full-scale fuselage and cabin mock-up of its new PC-24 ‘super versatile jet’ (SVJ) at Avalon. The company says it has created the new super versatile category for the jet as it does not fit into any of the current light or light-medium categories. “There was no existing category for the PC-24

Airservices has set up two temporary control towers at the Avalon Airshow and brought in extra staff and equipment to safely manage the arrival and departure of hundreds of aircraft during the six-day event. The nation’s air traffic manager has about 20 staff on hand at Avalon across both the main control tower and two

There has been a real sense of excitement surrounding the world’s first 3D printed jet engine, on display at the Avalon Airshow. The printed engine at the show has been produced by Monash University researchers, working in collaboration with CSIRO and Deakin University. But what does the future hold for this technology – already widely

Australia will cooperate with Norway on the development of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) for the F-35A Lightning II JSF. Under development by Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, the aim is to ensure the JSM, an air-launched development of the land-based Naval Strike Missile (NSM) will be available for the RAAF’s forthcoming fleet of F-35As, according