The World of Aviation

Transport and logistics provider Toll Group has won a 10-year contract to operate a key element of NSW Health’s aeromedical fleet. NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner announced the winners of the recently conducted tender for the state’s rotary-wing air ambulance operations on Friday. Under the new contracts, the state’s helicopter ambulance operations will be split into a

The first RAAF Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II arrived at Luke AFB near Phoenix in Arizona on December 18 to join the USAF-led training pool there. F-35A A35-002 (AU-2) was flown by a USAF pilot, and was welcomed to Luke by the Australian air attache to Washington AIRCDRE Gary Martin, the first Australian F-35 pilot

Hangar 6 at Etihad’s Abu Dhabi home base was packed on Thursday – and not just because the airline’s newest Airbus A380 and Boeing 787-9 were parked inside. Etihad had flown journalists from across the world to reveal three pillars of its new ‘Flying Reimagined’ strategy: the first of a 10-strong fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft

Virgin Australia claimed on-time honours for a second straight month in November, while Rex retained its position as the most punctual regional carrier. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics showed 89 per cent of Virgin’s domestic flights departed within 15 minutes of schedule in November, ahead of Qantas at 86.7 per

The ADF has released a redacted commission of inquiry (CoI) report into the crash of an Army CH-47D Chinook in Afghanistan on May 30 2011 which resulted in the death of Army LT Marcus Case. LT Case had recently arrived in Afghanistan to join the Kandahar-based Heron RPV detachment. He was riding on the open rear

The Pentagon has announced Australia and Japan as the preferred F-35 Lightning II airframe and engine maintenance and upgrade locations for the Asia-Pacific region. The announcement was based on Australia’s and Japan’s industrial capacities to conduct work over and above their own F-35 fleet requirements, as well as considerations such as forward basing, aircraft phasing, and