The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand has re-committed to supporting the country’s famous All-Blacks rugby team for the 2014 season. The airline says it will launch a global campaign promoting the association between the two well-known brands, featuring some of the All-Blacks players. “We have been a sponsor of rugby in New Zealand for more than two decades

The first Boeing 787 produced at the rate of 10 aircraft per month has rolled out of the company’s Everett, Washington facility. The aircraft – a 787-8 destined for Aeromexico via lessor ILFC – is the 155th 787 manufactured. Boeing says the build rate is the highest ever for a wide bodied airliner, and represents

Daher-Socata has reported it delivered 40 new TBM 850s in 2013, meaning the global fleet of 338 TBM 850s now exceeds the 324 examples of the previous TBM 700 model that were delivered. While the majority of the aircraft were delivered to the US market, four also went to Europe, three to South America, one

The Australian Workers Union has described Qantas’s decision to send heavy maintenance work for its remaining 747s offshore as “short sighted, lazy and unnecessary.” In a January 21 statement, the AWU said options still exist for the airline to perform the maintenance locally. “Even given Qantas’ intention to move 747 maintenance out of Avalon, the

A draft report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational test & Evaluation (DOT&E), Dr Michael Gilmore has warned that continuing software and hardware development issues on the F-35 JSF program could delay the US Marine Corps’ efforts to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) in 2015. The 25-page draft report is a detailed critique of the

The RAAF handed command of 35SQN temporarily over to the C-27J Transition Team on January 21 as the first of 10 RAAF aircraft prepares to fly to the US for its systems fit out. Led by GPCAPT Steve Young, the TT was formed out of the Battlefield Airlifter Transition Office, and will be responsible for