The World of Aviation

The third and final 787-9 flight test aircraft, and the first to be powered by General Electric GEnx engines, has made its first flight. Flight test aircraft ZB021 took off from Paine Field, Everett at 12:15 pm local time on Tuesday before landing 2 hours and 44 minutes later at Seattle’s Boeing Field. Boeing says

  Fiji Airways has retired its last 747-400 following the delivery of its third A330-200 earlier this month. Fiji Airways staff were able to farewell DQ-FJK Island of Vanua Levu at an event in the airline’s Nadi maintenance hangar on Tuesday where they were able to write farewell messages on the aircraft’s fuselage before the 747,

Iraqi Airways has become the latest airline to order Bombardier’s new CSeries regional jet, with the signing at the Dubai airshow of a letter of intent for five CS300s and options on 11 more. Iraqi Airways operates six CRJ900 NextGen jets, which it using to progressively increase its regional network. The CS300s will be used

Bombardier’s NextGen Q400 model has received a sales boost following the first orders its the manufacturer’s higher capacity NextGen Q400 model and up to eight from aircraft leasing company Palma. The commitment from Thai low-cost regional carrier Nok Air for two of the new generation models and purchase rights for another four aircraft sees the

Air New Zealand has improved the earning conditions for its 1.4 million Airpoints members who will now earn Airpoints Dollars on every regularly available fare. Earning capacity has been improved on all fares except the airline’s last-minute online fares and tickets purchased using Airpoints Dollars. This means higher earning rates on 62 per cent of

The Eurocopter EC175 medium-sized twin-engine helicopter has achieved two time-to-climb records on its way to certification in early 2014. The two independently verified records include time-to-climb to an altitude of 6,000m performed in six minutes 54 seconds and time-to-climb to 3,000m, achieved in 3 minutes 10 seconds. Designed for airlift duties for oil and gas