The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand passengers travelling on trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services from Melbourne Airport can now use new check-in kiosks. Using machine-readable passports to call up passengers’ details, the kiosks issue a boarding pass and bag tags in around 90 seconds. Passengers travelling with check-in luggage then take it to the bag drop area where

Qantas has announced it has completed its $20 million cabin refurbishment for 15 of its 20 strong Boeing 767-300ER fleet. Features of the upgrade include a new inflight entertainment system based around streaming content to iPads available to every passenger, leather seats in business class and new carpet, lighting, curtains and cabin dividers. Over 200

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton completed its first flight on May 22, taking off from Palmdale, California at 7.10am for a 1.5 hour test flight. “First flight represents a critical step in maturing Triton’s systems before operationally supporting the Navy’s maritime surveillance mission around the world,” said Capt James Hoke, Triton program manager with Naval Air

The first Australians have complete their initial MH-60R Romeo qualifications, marking a milestone in the AIR 9000 Phase 8 Project. Members of the Integrated Test Team (ITT) LCDR Simon Lam, LCDR Joshua Carey and LEUT Timothy Clerke form the MH-60R test team embedded into the DMO to support the introduction of the MH-60R. Lam and

A three-year study into the viability of aviation biofuels has been released by The University of Queensland, James Cook University, Boeing, Virgin Australia, Mackay Sugar and IOR Energy. Researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology looked at the engineering and associated financial viability of biofuel production. The work involved detailed techno-economic modelling of

Embraer has announced a firm order for 40 E175 jets from United Airlines, with another 60 firm re-confirmable orders that are subject to regional subsidiary SkyWest being awarded capacity purchase agreements with major US airline partners. Additionally, the agreement includes options for another 100 E175s, taking the total order potential up to 200 aircraft. This