The World of Aviation

Jetstar plans to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the Melbourne to Auckland route for a month early next year. The aircraft will be used for three trans-Tasman services a week between February 26 and March 28. Jetstar took delivery of its first 787 in September and is due to receive its second imminently, with

Tigerair and Scoot have signed an alliance agreement to further develop their interline cooperation. Passengers can already purchase tickets for routes involving both airlines, with stopovers in Singapore. The enhanced agreement could potentially lead to integration of the airlines through joint operations, marketing of parallel routes, and alignment of policies, conditions, pricing and scheduling. “Scoot

Lockheed Martin has held a ceremony at its Fort Worth plant on Friday to mark the completion of production of the 100th F-35 Lightning. The milestone aircraft, F-35A AF-41, was presented to around 2,000 guests and Lockheed Martin staff at the end of a ceremony designed to highlight the program’s growing momentum. “The 100th F-35

Canberra-based regional airline Brindabella Airlines has called in receivers and suspended operations after a second CASA grounding of aircraft in its fleet due to incomplete maintenance. David Winterbottom and Sebastian Hams of KordaMentha were appointed receivers for the airline and its associated businesses on Sunday, the day after Brindabella grounded all aircraft in its fleet

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has directed Brindabella Airlines conduct maintenance reviews on another six of its aircraft. The aircraft may not be flown until the maintenance reviews are completed and CASA has given approval for their return to service. In November  CASA directed Brindabella to conduct maintenance reviews on four Jetstream 41 aircraft.  Two of these

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered its first F-35 centre fuselage to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin at a ceremony held at TAI’s facilities in Ankara, Turkey. It is the first F-35 centre fuselage manufactured by TAI as an international manufacturing partner and subcontractor to Northrop Grumman on the F-35 program. The centre fuselage will be