The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand has become the first international airline to offer self-service check in kiosks at Sydney Airport. Fifteen of the kiosks have been commissioned allowing passengers to scan their passport and be issued a boarding pass.  Passengers with luggage will then proceed to a bag drop desk. According to Air New Zealand the kiosks

Air navigation services provider Airways New Zealand has become the first ANSP in the world to receive ICAO endorsement as a designer of instrument procedures for Performance-Based Navigation (PBN). “We’ve done many different types of PBN flight procedures for varying environmental and traffic conditions, weather conditions and mixed fleet capabilities. We’re proud to have this

Strategic partners Etihad and Virgin Australia have increased the baggage allowance for economy class passengers to 30kg.  The new allowances are applicable on flights between Australia, Abu Dhabi and other destinations where the airlines partner excluding North America. Virgin Australia’s chief customer officer, Mark Hassell, said: “The extra seven kilograms is a significant increase for our economy

Mexico’s largest airline Aeromexico has finalised orders for 60 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 9s, and has reconfirmed rights for an additional 30 737 MAXs. The order was first announced in July and is valued at more than US$6 billion at list prices.

The Eglin Air Force, Florida based Integrated Test Force has completed 500 F-35 JSF sorties. Operating both the CTOL F-35A and STOVL F-35B, the Integrated Test Force accomplished the 500 sortie milestone in 238 days, Lockheed Martin says, reducing the time between each 100th sortie from initially 123 days to currently 16 days. There are now

The fifth production P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has been delivered to the US Navy. A further three Poseidons are undergoing mission systems installation and pre-delivery tests in Seattle with two more in final assembly. “As we transition to the P-8A and prepare for Initial Operational Capability in 2013, the US Navy is successfully flying