The World of Aviation

Sikorsky has delivered its 500th UH-60M/HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the US Army. First produced in 2007, the latest versions of the long-running Black Hawk program are used by the US Army as utility and medevac aircraft. The 500 aircraft delivered to date are part of a production plan including 1,375 M models to be

Singapore Airlines will launch a second daily A380 service between Melbourne and Singapore next month. The second A380 will replace a Boeing 777-300ER as SQ217/218, departing Singapore at 9:55 am and returning from Melbourne at 12:05 am. The changeover is scheduled for August 16. The airline, which already operates two daily A380 services between Singapore-Sydney,

Etihad Airways has received approval to double its stake in Virgin Australia’s domestic business to 10 per cent despite heavy lobbying against the deal by rival Qantas. In a statement today, the UAE flag carrier said its bid to increase its stake in Virgin from 4.99 per cent had been approved by Australian’s Foreign Investment

Travel through Brisbane Airport was up 4.6 per cent last financial year to more than 21 million passengers, setting a new record despite the Qantas grounding and the collapse of Brisbane-based Air Australia. The uptick came on the back of steady growth in seat capacity, with more than one million seats added on domestic flights

Qantas will launch its iPad-based ‘QStreaming’ in-flight entertainment system on its east coast fleet of Boeing 767s starting later this year. The system, which allows passengers to access more than 200 hours of free movies, TV shows and other content via a Qantas-provided tablet, will hit the first of the airline’s 767s in the fourth

Airservices Australia has begun an overhaul of the terminal area radar near Perth Airport as part of a $90 million upgrade program. Radar coverage during the upgrade will be provided by RAAF radar at Eclipse Hill and an Airservices en route surveillance radar at Kalamundra. The upgrade will include installation of an improved solid state