The World of Aviation

Emirates’ A380 A6-EDA at the Qantas Jet Base after the engine fire incident that forced the crew to return to Sydney. (Lee Gatland) A fire in an engine aboard an Emirates A380 soon after departure from Sydney forced the crew to return to the airport on November 11. Flight EK413, with 380 passengers aboard, was

The RAAF’s six strong fleet of Boeing Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft is available for operational service after Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced today that Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the jet had been achieved. “Australia now has one of the most advanced air battlespace management capabilities in the world,” Minister Clare told a ceremony

Melbourne Airport is the Australian Airports Association (AAA)’s capital city airport of the year, the AAA has announced its annual airports of the year awards. Melbourne won the accolade for its new international arrivals and improved baggage facilities. Major airport of the year was won by Sunshine Coast airport for its development of international air services,

A year after officially ending the program, Airbus has sold its last two A340s. UK-based AJW Capital has signed contracts for the A340-500s, which will enter service in 2013 with an undisclosed airline.  The aircraft were believed to have been built for India’s Kingfisher Airlines before the airline fell into financial difficulty. Just 34 of

Nearly 100 more air traffic movements a day could be extracted from Perth Airport’s current runway configuration by reducing arrival separation and reducing runway occupancy time, a study on the airport’s airspace issues by UK air navigation service provider NATS has found. Airservices commissioned the study on capacity at Perth Airport as mounting congestion and

The board of Qantas has approved the repayment of $650 million in debt six months ahead of schedule and the buy-back of approximately four per cent of the company’s issued shares to the value of up to $100 million. The transactions begin this month. Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford said the Qantas group is well positioned in