The World of Aviation

Eurocopter has commenced a demonstration visit to Australia of its EC130T2, prior to delivery to its new owner and launch customer. The single-engine helicopter is an advancement on the EC130B4, with more than 70 per cent of the airframe modified from the existing B4 model. The T2 features a more powerful Arriel 2D turboshaft engine and

Air Tahiti Nui has launched a third weekly service to Tahiti, offering Australian travellers better access to the sought-after holiday destination in 2014. The new year-round Tuesday service will compliment the airline’s existing Thursday and Sunday flights from Auckland to Papeete linking up with direct codeshare connections from Sydney and Melbourne. Air Tahiti Nui General

Hawker Pacific has announced the first sale of the Bell 407GX to a private Australian customer. The sale comes on the back of a region-wide demonstration tour. The aircraft is expected for delivery in early 2014 and will be based in Sydney for corporate and VIP operations. The aircraft will be customised and maintained by

Even as the US Navy celebrated the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet’s 35th anniversary with the fleet at a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River this week, public debate remains around the platform’s future. Boeing is slated to continue the F/A-18 production line until the end of 2016, unless further orders are placed by the US

The government has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment in Afghanistan until July 2014. Heron has been operating in Afghanistan since January 2010 from Kandahar Air Field, providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support to the ADF in Uruzgan province and southern Afghanistan, and was expected to return to Australia at the completion

The Victorian government has pieced together a deal between Jetstar and Avalon Airport that will see the airline stay on until at least April 2015. Jetstar had  announced last week that it was considering dropping Avalon due to services being unprofitable. Local and state media reported that the government is understood to be contributing the majority