The World of Aviation

Boeing has delivered its first AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter to the US Army, under an initial US$247m contract signed last year covering eight aircraft. The new the AH-64D received enhanced 1500kW T700-701D engines, composite main rotor blades, a new split-torque face gear transmission, the modernised target acquisition detection system/pilot night vision system (MTADS/PNVS),

More than 60 members of an Australian Army helicopter unit returned home on November 3 after eight months in Afghanistan. The members of Rotary Wing Group Six operated a pair of CH-47D Chinook helicopters. They were attached to the US 101st Combat Aviation Brigade at Kandahar Airfield and flew throughout the southern provinces of Uruzgan,

Boeing has begun delivery of its 747-8 Freighter to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings as it continues deliveries of its next generation jumbo jet. Atlas Air will wet lease the jets to British Airways World Cargo, Boeing said in a statement. Atlas has ordered nine of the planes. Boeing is roughly two years behind schedule delivering

Boeing has submitted a five-year proposal to the US Army to deliver 155 CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The company says the deal would save “hundreds of millions of dollars” over year-to-year deals by allowing Boeing to negotiate longer-term agreements with suppliers and plan its expenditures more effectively. Boeing is halfway through a $4.3 billion deal signed

Virgin Australia has started selling business class seats on most of its domestic flights as it expands its service and seeks to capitalise on the turmoil engulfing Qantas. The airline says business class travel will be available from 18 January. The airline last week began selling business class tickets for flights between Sydney, Melbourne and

Talks between Qantas and three of its unions are set to resume today for the first time since the airline grounded its fleet over the labour dispute. The two sides are to meet at Fair Work Australia, which imposed a three-week deadline for them to reach an agreement when it ordered both to halt industrial