The World of Aviation

Bombardier Aerospace has received orders for 10 CS300 jetliners from Turkish carrier Atlasjet Havacilik. The deal is valued at US$776 million and includes options for five additional CS300s, Bombardier said. The Pratt & Whitney PW1500G powered single aisle aircraft is scheduled to begin delivery in 2013 and is aimed at the 100- to 149-seat market.

Hawker Pacific has delivered its first King Air 250 business plane to Australia. The Pratt & Whitney PT6A-52 powered turboprop will be used to transport “key personnel between remote project sites,” Hawker Pacific said, declining to identify its corporate customer. The King Air 250 is the latest iteration of Hawker Beechcraft’s evergreen King Air twin.

‘Air Force One’, the US Air Force Boeing VC-25 carrying US President Barrack Obama, touched down at Canberra Airport this afternoon shortly after 3pm, at the start of the president’s brief Australian visit. The VC-25 (a development of the 747-200 airliner) was preceded by two USAF C-17 and one C-5 flights carrying the president’s motorcade

The first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to undergo change incorporation work has left Boeing’s facility in San Antonio, Texas, and should be delivered to Japan Air Lines soon. During change incorporation, aircraft  built prior to final certification are updated to reflect production specifications. Boeing said work on the 787s includes installing electronic and mechanical equipment, completing

Airbus has announced a pair of deals for more than 100 of its A320 Family airliners. The European jetmaker inked a memorandum of understanding to sell 75 of the single aisle aircraft to Spirit Airlines, a budget carrier serving the southeastern US and Caribbean region. The deal includes 45 next generation A320neos and 30 A320s.

Tiger Airways has received regulatory approval to boost its Australian flights, days after the budget carrier announced deep losses in the last financial quarter. The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) on Tuesday cleared Tiger to increase its daily flights from 22 to 32, still well below the pace of Tiger’s operations before CASA grounded