The World of Aviation

http://youtu.be/q2LSmpqAZ74 Chinese media has shown footage of the J-15 fighter successfully landing on and taking off from the nation’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. “Capabilities of the carrier platform and the J-15 have been tested, meeting all requirements and achieving good compatibility,” the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. The J-15, evidentally based on the

The RAAF and Pilatus are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Pilatus PC-9/A turboprop trainer entering Australian service. First delivered on November 24 1987 and having since amassed 440,000 hours across a current fleet of 63 aircraft, the PC-9 is in service with the RAAF’s flying training units at East Sale (CFS) and Pearce (2FTS),

Tiger Airways has announced four-weekly services between Sydney and Coffs Harbour starting February 15, becoming the first intra-state service operated by the airline. In total 1,400 seats a week will be flown between the centres, which will be boosted in March with the addition of a fifth weekly service. Coffs Harbour is the fifth destination

A new support centre for Eurcopter’s growing business in Western Australias has been opened in Perth, in what the manufacturer sees as a major boost to the off-shore oil and gas industry. More than 25 17/19-seat Puma helicopters are in operation in the state providing supply and passenger airlift support to resource industries. Located at

Airservices Australia has graduated 19 new rescue and firefighters at the organisation’s Melbourne training centre. Having completed their 11-week course the graduates will join 740 existing firefighters across the service, and will be deployed to stations at Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Sydney, Rockhampton, Adelaide and Darwin.

The arrival of Qantas’s latest Airbus A330-200, VH-EBV Kangaroo Island has provided the platform for the airline to announce that from May it will deploy A330s on all weekday flights between Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The move is in response to a growing business market, with Qantas domestic CEO Lyell Strambi saying the airline has