The World of Aviation

China Southern has become the latest airline to take delivery of the Airbus A380, with its first of five handed over at the manufacturer’s Toulouse Delivery Centre on October 13. “We are proud to become the first A380 operator in China,” said Si Xianmin, chairman of China Southern. “The introduction of the A380 in our

Virgin Australia has announced the latest plank in its international airline alliance strategy, with codeshared services on Hawaiian Airlines flights between Sydney and Honolulu, and connections through to the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Kauai and The Big Island, going on sale today. Virgin Australia’s V Australia international long haul airline’s code will be placed on

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced that go slow action and overtime bans by the company’s Australian Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (ALAEA) members has caused it to ground five domestic aircraft for one month from October 17. Joyce said the grounding is necessary because insufficient maintenance is being worked on the airline’s fleet, meaning flights

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has provided draft approval of the proposed alliance between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines. The alliance would see the two airlines codeshare on some services, to align schedules, to offer reciprocal frequent flyer points, and to share airline lounges. “We welcome the ACCC’s draft approval of our proposed

Luxembourg based freight airline Cargolux became the first customer to take delivery of the 747-8F, with the airline’s first example handed over at Boeing’s Everett facilities on October 12, three weeks later than originally expected. “This is a great day for the Boeing Company and for Cargolux,” said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO, Boeing Commercial

Cessna has launched the new 10-seat Citation Latitude midsize business jet, which will sit between the Citation XLS+ and Citation Sovereign in its product line-up. Planned to fly in mid 2014 ahead of service entry in 2015, the Latitude will seat two crew and up to eight passengers in a new 1.95m wide by 1.83m