The World of Aviation

New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport has been granted provisional approval to extend its operating hours into night flight operations. The approval by the NZ Civil Aviation Authority is subject to the airport meeting a number of conditions including making some infrastructure improvements, and comes after owning company QAC in conjunction with Navigatus Consulting successfully demonstrated the

Turkey has become the latest JSF program partner nation to commit to buying the F-35 Lightning II, with approval by the Turkish government on May 6 for an initial order for two aircraft. A statement from the Turkish government read: “After the evaluation of the current situation in the JSF Program, which Turkey joined as

The former Australian Sport Aviation Confederation has changed its name to the Air Sport Australia Confederation (ASAC) to better reflect the role and purpose of the organisation. The ASAC says the term Sport Aviation is commonly used to cover a broader range of recreational, experimental and limited category aviation activities which had resulted in some

Hamilton-based CTC Aviation Training NZ has opened a NZ$4m (A$3.74m) expansion to its crew accommodation centre just north of the city’s airport. Named Clearways, the expanded facility includes an additional 72 ensuite bedrooms and supporting facilities, and will allow CTC Aviation to grow its JAA/EASA approved flight training services for its cadets. “When Clearways opened

The first Sikorsky CH-53K has been rolled out at a ceremony at the company’s Long Beach facility in Florida. Named King Stallion as a tribute to its CH-53E Sea Stallion lineage, the new CH-53K is a larger and almost completely new machine with far greater capabilities, despite sharing a similar mould line. “The rollout of the CH-53K

The RAAF’s force element group (FEG) tasked with the movement of ADF personnel, materiel and forces by air changed its name from Air lift Group (ALG) to Air Mobility Group (AMG) on April 1. The group is headquartered at RAAF Richmond near Sydney and comprises 84 and 86WGs which operate 33SQN (KC-30A) and 36SQN (C-17A)