The World of Aviation

Regional Express (Rex) has announced a series of new services to Mildura and Broken Hill, including direct flights to Mildura from Adelaide and Sydney. The new services, which will be introduced from July 9, include: Six times weekly flights from Adelaide and Sydney to Mildura, an increaase from two to three return flights each weekday

The US Congress has been notified of the possible sale of 12 EA-18G Growler conversion kits to Australia for $1.7 billion, another sign that the RAAF will move ahead with plans to convert half of its F/A-18 Super Hornets to the electronic warfare variant. In a statement released today, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency

It will be a while before the traveling public will have a chance to fly Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in Australia. But 10 Australian Aviation readers have a chance to take a free guided tour of the revolutionary jetliner during its visit to Sydney on Monday afternoon. Hosted by Boeing, the tour will include a look

Lockheed Martin has confirmed it is not bidding for the Australian Defence Force’s AIR 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. The company’s Global Training and Logistics business had announced its teaming with Western Australia-based Bristow Helicopters Australia at the 2011 Avalon International Airshow, although by the closing of tenders last month, the

First delivery of the A400M airlifter is on track for the end of the year, even though two new problems have been discovered in the aircraft’s troublesome engine gearbox, Airbus Military says. The more serious of the new problems was a failure of a propeller gearbox on an A400M returning to Europe after its recent

Airbus Military says it is working to implement key modifications that reduce aircrew workload and improve awareness when operating the boom refueling system for the RAAF’s KC-30/A330 MRTT tankers by the end of the year. The modifications, agreed to with the RAAF for its five KC-30s following the loss of the boom during a test