The World of Aviation

Iraq has made the initial payments for 18 Lockheed Martin F-16C fighters, the first step in rebuilding that country’s fast jet combat capability after almost a decade of war. The aircraft will be Block 50/52 variants, and the sale is valued at about US$3 billion. “These aircraft will help provide air sovereignty for Iraq to

Qantas will begin its new Sydney-Santiago services from March 26 next year, with flights on sale from today, the airline has announced. The thrice weekly QF27/QF28 return service will depart Sydney for the Chilean capital each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and will be operated by 747-400s reconfigured with A380 standard three class cabins. “As a

The first Boeing P-8I for the Indian Navy made its first flight on September 28. The two hour, 31 minute test flight took off from Renton and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle, and saw the aircraft reach an altitude of 41,000ft. “Flying the first P-8 for an international customer is a key milestone for

The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has granted formal approval for Qantas and American Airlines’ planned Joint Business Agreement (JBA), which will see the two airlines expand their codesharing and coordination of services between Australia/New Zealand and the US. “The ACCC does not consider that the JBA will have any anti-competitive effects, as Qantas

The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has cleared Airservices Australia’s revised long term pricing agreement for air traffic control services, clearing the new pricing regime to take effect from October 1. The ACCC had rejected Airservices’ earlier pricing proposal on the grounds that the air traffic control service provide would over-recover its costs. “Airservices

The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program successfully completed its Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the USAF on August 24. The IBR was attended by senior USAF program officials, and validated the program’s technical scope and set milestones for the design and development phase. “We remain on plan with the KC-46 development program from a technical, schedule