The World of Aviation

A flight test program is a finely-tuned schedule, down to the most detailed demonstration and with every minute of flight time accounted for. The deadlines of certification and delivery loom ever closer as the engineers and pilots continue to put the aircraft through its paces. Still, last week, Airbus was able to somehow wedge a

The Shoalhaven City Council’s Southern Joint Regional Planning Panel has approved the construction of a $35 million helicopter maintenance facility at the Albatross Aviation Technology Park adjacent to HMAS Albatross near Nowra. The facility primarily will be used to support the maintenance of the Navy’s new MH-60R Seahawk Romeo helicopters, the first of which are due

The Boeing 787-9 has been certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for commercial service. The certification follows the completion of flight testing in May, and clears the way for the first 787-9 to be delivered and enter commercial service with Air New Zealand. “Certification is the

New Zealand has launched a comprehensive National Air Navigation and Airspace Plan to modernise its entire aviation management system in an ambitious 10-year timeframe. Dubbed ‘New Southern Sky’, the plan aims to address all of NZ’s aviation-related infrastructure and services, including air navigation, surveillance, communications, aeronautical information management, air traffic management (ATM), airspace design, increasing

Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has announced plans to operate services between Manila and Sydney from September. The airline says it will commence services on September 9 using new Airbus A330-300 equipment configured in a very high-density, nine-abreast, all-economy, 436-seat layout. Flights will initially operate four-times-a-week. “We are very excited to launch this route, and

Airservices Australia says it will commence construction of a new $11.4 million aviation rescue fire station at Coffs Harbour Airport this week. Airservices Executive general manager projects and engineering, Mark Rodwell, said that the new fire station was being built following a sustained increase in passenger numbers which took it above the regulatory trigger for