The World of Aviation

If you were a young girl in New Zealand in the 1940s, 1950s or 1970s and had your picture taken on or near an aircraft, Air New Zealand would like to hear from you. The New Zealand flag carrier is searching for three young girls whose images are currently on a series of commemorative stamps

Qantas says it is on track to have five of its 28 Airbus A330 fleet fitted with the new business class at the end of March as it deploys the first internationally reconfigured A330-300 aircraft on the Singapore route this weekend. The city-state is the first international destination to receive what Qantas describes as a

Adelaide Airport Ltd has gained federal government approval for its latest masterplan, enabling it to push ahead with plans to significantly expand its aviation and commercial facilities. The 20-year plan envisages investment of about $1 billion in new and enhanced facilities including expansion of the passenger terminal and development of a “business district” within the

Qatar Airways flight QR 67 has marked the commercial debut of the Airbus A350. The aircraft – registered A7-ALA – took off from Doha Airport at 0810 local time on Thursday, landing at Frankfurt a little under six hours later at 1206. Qatar is the launch customer of the A350 and has 80 of the

Not one of the world’s major hub airports managed a better than 90 per cent on-time performance in calendar 2014, figures from flight data and aviation consultancy OAG show. The best-performing airport with more than 20 million seats per year was Munich, where 89 per cent of all flights departed or arrived within 15 minutes

The first Kaman SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter for the Royal New Zealand Navy has arrived by ship in Auckland, as this image Tweeted on Thursday by the NZ Chief of Navy shows. New Zealand is acquiring 10 Super Seasprites, designated SH-2G(I) – I for International  – to replace its five older SH-2Gs currently in service (and which in turn