The World of Aviation

China Southern’s first Airbus A380 service to Sydney touched down this morning. The 502-seat A380 replaces A330s on China Southern’s daily CZ325/326 services between Sydney and Guangzhou. China Southern is now the the fourth airline to fly the A380 to Sydney, along with Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Emirates, making Sydney Airport the world’s fifth busiest A380 airport

Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes has become Qantas’s latest ‘ambassador’. CEO Alan Joyce said that Qantas has a commitment to promoting cultural diversity and raising the profile of Indigenous culture. “We are honoured that Adam, as one of the most respected and prominent Indigenous Australians, will now be working with us towards these goals,” he said.

Airnorth is adding more services on the Darwin-Townsville route, with a new Sunday service added to its existing four-weekly schedule from June 1. “We are overwhelmed by the level of support we have received for this route,” said Michael Bridge, Airnorth’s CEO. “This support has allowed us to more than double our flights from Darwin

Korean Air has completed an order for five 747-8s and six 777-300ERs announced earlier this year. In addition, Korean Air has also announced an order for one additional 787. With this order Korea’s flag carrier expands its backlog of 747-8s and 777-300ERs to 10 each. The order also increases Korean Air’s 787 backlog to 11.

The navy variant of the F-35 executed the first airborne separation test of an inert weapon on October 21. Marine Corps test pilot Capt. Justin Carlson flew the F-35C test aircraft CF-2 over an Atlantic test range when he released the 500-pound inert laser-guided GBU-12 Paveway II from an internal weapons bay. With this weapons separation,

The aerial agriculture community is mourning the loss of Rebel Ag managing director and chief pilot David Black, who died when his Dromader aircraft (VH-TZJ) crashed while engaged in aerial fire-fighting 32km west of Ulladulla in southern NSW on the morning of October 24. The accident is being investigated by the ATSB, which noted that “an initial