The World of Aviation

Royal Brunei Airlines has placed an order for seven Airbus A320neos and has taken options on an additional three aircraft. The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines, and will operate on the airline’s regional network from its home base of Bandar Seri Begawan. “RB has successfully operated the A320 family of

The US Navy has taken delivery of its 100th Boeing EA-18G Growler at a ceremony in St Louis. The aircraft will be based at NAS Whidbey Island near Seattle in Washington State, home of all the US Navy’s Growlers. The US Navy currently has a program of record for 114 EA-18Gs, production of which is

Air New Zealand will next month install a large solar array at its Auckland Technical Operations Base which will generate 160,000KwH per year. The move is part of the company’s target to reduce its grid electricity use by five per cent per year, and should see about 30 per cent of its main hangar’s electricity

A consortium of buyers led by Red Bull Air Race competitor and former RAAF F/A-18 Hornet pilot, Matt Hall, is pitching to buy Belmont Airport on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The consortium, which also includes Hunter-based companies Airborne,  Newcastle Helicopters, and Skydive the Beach plans to upgrade the run-down airport which seen regular use for

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$10.8m (A$11.7m) contract to develop an electronic warfare payload for its MQ-8C Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial system (VTUAS). The contract provides for initial work to develop and integrate the Multi Capability Pod (MCAP) onto the Fire Scout to provide “multiple electronic warfare sensors for employment in the

Virgin Australia will reduce its daily return services between Sydney and the Gold Coast from 12 to nine from July, while its Tigerair subsidiary will increase its daily services on the route from two to four. “It starts to build up a good presence and a solid market offering for us up there [on the Gold