The World of Aviation

An A340 operating a charter flight carrying 115 Australian troops to the Middle East made a hard landing in Darwin on February 28. No one was hurt in the incident, which was blamed on bad weather and heavy winds. The aircraft remains in Darwin awaiting a technical assessment and the ATSB will investigate the incident,

A Qantas plea to extend its code-sharing alliance with South African Airways has been rejected, with Australia’s International Air Services Commission saying the partnership discourages competition and amounts to an “effective duopoly.” Qantas had appealed an earlier decision by the IASC against the agreement but the commission stood by the decision. The IASC did however

Sydney based Quickstep Holdings Limited has secured a contract to manufacture carbon fibre wing flaps for Lockheed Martin’s C-130J airlifter. Quickstep said the deal would be worth an estimated $75 to $100 million over five years and could create more than 60 new jobs at the company’s Bankstown Airport facility. The wing flaps were previously

Boeing has unveiled its 1000th 777 jetliner, a -300ER that will be delivered to Emirates later this month. The US planemaker says the 777 reached the 1000 milestone faster than any other twin-aisle aircraft. Boeing has recorded 1361 orders for the jet, including 200 last year. Emirates is the largest operator of the aircraft, with

A long awaited report on Sydney’s airport needs has warned that the city faces ‘aircraft deadlock’ within a decade and will need a second airport by 2030. But the study’s key recommendations – raising the cap on hourly aircraft movements at the current airport and building a second airport at Badgery’s Creek in the city’s

Virgin Australia will end its frequent flyer partnership with Malaysia Airlines at the end of March in a move stemming from Virgin’s decision to form an alliance with Singapore Airlines last year. Virgin and MAS said they would honour forward bookings made through the current partnership, but members of each carrier’s frequent flyer program will