The World of Aviation

Airbus and Boeing are readying to square-off at next week’s Dubai Airshow in what stands to be one of the most significant milestones in the manufacturers’ new airliner programs. Airbus will be hoping to energise sales for its slower-than-expected A380 and that the A350 will add to the strong orders already made by some of

Sunshine Coast-based Flight Options Flight Training Centre is now a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). As an RTO, Flight Options can now award students with a nationally recognised aviation qualification on the completion of their courses. The centre currently provides the Certificate IV in Aviation – Commercial Pilot Licence and Diplomas of Aviation in Instrument Flight

Citing weak demand and uneconomic operations caused by payload limitations, Aerolineas Argentinas will cease servicing the Buenos Aires-Sydney route from April. The move gives the remaining carriers in the South America run – oneworld alliance partners Qantas and LAN – an opportunity to consolidate their positions in the market. The withdrawal of Aerolineas Argentinas’ A340-200s

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and Cooper Basin oil and gas producer Senex Energy have announced a significant partnership that will see the petroleum producer contribute $300,000 to RFDS Central Operations over the next three years. In an extension of existing arrangement, the two organisations will “share and enhance safety cultures within on-ground oil

The latest aircraft in Qantas’s Indigenous Flying Art series has arrived in Sydney. The 737-800’s livery, inspired by the work of late West Australian Aboriginal painter Paddy Bedford and named Mendoowoorrji, is the fourth aircraft in Qantas’ flying art series, all of which have been in partnership with Australian designers Balarinji. The artwork on the

A new corporate jet terminal will open in Queenstown early 2014. Auckland-based Air Center One and Capital Jet Services of Wellington have entered a joint venture to develop a fixed base operation (FBO) adjacent to the main terminal building. The Queenstown Corporate Jet Services facility, expected to be operational by March 2014, addresses the increasing