The World of Aviation

The New South Wales Police Force is bulking up its Aviation Support Branch in ordering a new Bell 412EPI, which will see it become the first Australian operator of the updated helicopter. The sale, arranged by Australian Bell distributor Hawker Pacific, will see the 412 become the first Bell in an otherwise all-Eurocopter Aviation Support

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Air Tahiti has taken delivery of its first ATR 42-600 as part of its fleet re-equipment program that includes firm orders for three ATR 42-600s and four ATR 72-600s. Air Tahiti is the first to operate the ATR-600 series in the French overseas departments and will use the aircraft between Papeete and Rarotonga in the

Supporting relief efforts in the aftermath of the recent typhoon, an Ilyushin Il-76 and Antonov An-12 have been positioned to the Philippines to provide high-capacity airlift capabilities to remote airfields. Chapman Freeborn has positioned the two freighters on rotation at Cebu and Manila and Tacloban airports to augment larger freighters that cannot access smaller airfields.

The South Korean government has all but selected the F-35 as its “high capability stealth fighter”, of which it is expected to buy up to 60, with an initial tranche of 40 in the conventional takeoff and landing configuration for delivery between 2018 and 2024. Although not having yet confirmed the acquisition of the F-35

Bombardier won more than just US$2 billion in sales at the Dubai Airshow, its Challenger 605 business jet was selected by Boeing as the platform for its Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) program. In its selection of the Challenger, Boeing said it offered the global market “a capable, low-risk maritime surveillance system based on Boeing’s proven