The World of Aviation

This brief Twitter exchange between the official Virgin Australia and Qantas Twitter accounts on Tuesday night shows that there is no love lost between Australia’s major airlines. In fact, as Twitter user @PeterLoh was quick to point out, Qantas was in fact established in Winton. “In the words of (founding chairman Sir Fergus) McMaster, Winton

Airbus Defence and Space has sought to reinforce the message that the former Airbus and EADS military divisions are now gathered under the one banner and offer a family of products that spans air superiority fighters, transports, multi-role tankers and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), plus the services required for both initial and ongoing support. The

The Australian Aviation Associations Forum says it welcomes the independent report into Australia’s aviation safety system. The federal government-commissioned report into aviation safety regulation (AASR) in Australia has called for substantial cultural and structural changes at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and for better leadership of and coordination between Australia’s aviation safety agencies. A comprehensive

Fiji Airways regional subsidiary Pacific Sun has been formally renamed and relaunched as Fiji Link in a ceremony on June 6. The ceremony coincided with the arrival in Suva of the airline’s first of two new ATR 72-600s. “As we announced last November, the new brand for Pacific Sun will be an extension of the

  New Caledonia’s Aircalin has become the 25th international airline to operate to Melbourne when it commenced services from Noumea on June 6. Victorian Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Louise Asher announced the services will initially operate twice a week, but will increase to three times a week from October. “This new market will

Embraer Executive Jets has celebrated the delivery of the 500th Phenom family jet. The delivery, made just five-and-a-half years after the entry into service of the first aircraft in 2009, was of a Phenom 300 to Prime Fraction Club, a fractional ownership company in Brazil. “The delivery of 500 Phenom jets in just over five