The World of Aviation

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has received the 100th A380 delivered by Airbus. The aircraft is the sixth A380 to be delivered to MAS. In a statement to mark the milestone, Airbus said the A380, now in its sixth year of commercial services, has carried some 36 million passengers onboard 100,000 flights. Today, the worldwide A380 fleet

Eight USN Super Hornets and supporting aircraft arrived in Townsville recently to participate in the two-week exercise Black Dagger as part of the qualification of joint terminal attack controllers. Regular photo contributor to Australian Aviation, Dave Parer, took these images at the aircraft arrived in Townsville. Talking to the Townsville Bulletin, commanding officer of the

Regional Express has followed-through on its threat to withdraw services from Dubbo after the airport elected to charge the airline security fees even though it was not legally required to use the services. Rex announced it will reduce its 82 weekly flights between Sydney and Dubbo to 73 from April. Wagga Wagga has been the

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has re-opened the cross-runway after a five-month closure to allow enabling works on the new parallel runway. BAC CEO Julieanne Alroe said: “The cross-runway is a shorter, narrower runway which means its use is limited to smaller aircraft typically used on regional routes, as well as the Royal Flying Doctors Service. 

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has cancelled Barrier Aviation’s operating certificate after the federal court upheld the authority’s view that it was “not satisfied that Barrier Aviation would not operate aircraft with known defects if allowed to resume operations”. The permanent cancellation took effect on March 13 after an initial suspension of the airline’s

Virgin Australia’s wing of the overhauled Canberra Airport officially opened today, marking an important milestone in a $450 million upgrade that airport officials hope will prime the facility for a larger role. The facilities unveiled today include a sweeping glass atrium that connects the Qantas wing of the airport with Virgin’s new Western Concourse Terminal,