The World of Aviation

BAE Systems in the UK has confirmed it will cut up to 3000 jobs because economic austerity measures across Europe have affected Eurofighter production and other programs. In a statement, the company said the job losses were in response to “changes in key programs and the need to maintain competitiveness.” “Some of our major programs

The USAF’s fleet of about 160 Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighters has returned to the skies following a more than four month fleet-wide grounding. The fleet was grounded in May following the discovery of contamination in the onboard oxygen generation systems (OBOGS) on several aircraft. The contamination has been unofficially linked to several instances of

Boeing has celebrated the delivery of the first customer 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s ANA with a ceremony at its Everett, Washington plant. ANA’s 787-8 JA801A – which was contractually handed over a day earlier – is the first of 821 787s on order to be delivered, and is due to depart Everett on its delivery

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called fresh industrial action against Qantas for this Friday, with 3800 baggage handlers, ground staff and other employees to go on strike for one hour, with negotiations over a new enterprise bargaining agreement stalled. A further 50 TWU delegates will also hold a two hour stop work meeting on

Jetstar is to add a twice weekly Sydney-Queenstown service to its network from December 23, plus increace the frequency of its existing Melbourne-Queenstown flights from two to three times weekly. Flight JQ223 will depart Sydney for Queenstown on Mondays and Fridays at 0950, while the return JQ224 flight will depart Queenstown for Sydney also at

Japan’s ANA has formally accepted the first Boeing 787 to be handed over to a customer, with the signing of formal documents handing over ownership of the aircraft (registered JA801A) in Everett on September 25, ahead of a delivery ceremony scheduled for September 26. Boeing says the contractual delivery followed a series of acceptance flights,