The World of Aviation

New Australian research shows that thunderstorms can produce turbulence more than 100km away from a storm cell, calling for a rethink of current turbulence avoidance guidelines. Dr Todd Lane from the Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science says that research has shown that thunderstorms can cause gravity waves which modify airflow, strengthening jet stream

Qantas has launched a new advertising and social media campaign aimed at repairing its damaged image. The campaign features a new tagline, “You’re the reason we fly” and a subtle change to the slogan on the side of two of its aircraft, an Airbus A380 and a Boeing 737, to ‘The Spirit of Australians’. “Our customers

Virgin Group plc will reportedly sell out its 10 per cent stake in Malaysian based longhaul low cost carrier AirAsia X. According to Malaysian press reports, the British parent company of Virgin Atlantic Airways will sell its stake to AirAsia and Aero Ventures, which is controlled by AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes and co-founder Kamarudin Meranum,

The Australian Region of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) has announced the winners of its three aviation scholarships for 2012. South Australian Ben Catchlove has won the scholarship for a Master of Aviation Management from GAPAN and Griffith University. Mr Catchlove is a First Officer on Qantas’s A330 fleet, and previously

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated how the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s sensors are able to detect and track multiple rocket launches using its AN/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) and AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The demonstration was carried out with the DAS and APG-81 fitted to a BAC 1-11 flying testbed, and

Singapore Airlines will fly an additional three weekly services to Adelaide from July 2, reinstating flights it had dropped earlier this year. The new services will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays, and will be flown with Airbus A330-300s. “With these services, Adelaide will benefit from greater connectivity to Singapore Airlines’ global network,” said SIA’s