The World of Aviation

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has cleared Boeing’s new 747-8 to operate at the same separation distances as its earlier 747-400, after the aircraft was classed as ‘Heavy’ for wake turbulence considerations. An ICAO team of wake vortices experts from the US FAA, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) and EASA

V Australia has won Best in Region (Asia and Australasia), Best Food and Beverage and Best IFE User Interface at the 2011 Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Passenger Choice Awards in Washington, Seattle, taking out three of the 14 possible categories. “V Australia would like to thank our guests who took the time to vote

BAE Systems has become the seventh major defence company to sign a Global Supply Chain Deed with the Department of Defence. Signed by Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare and new BAE Systems Australia CEO David Allott at Parliament House in Canberra today, the supply chain deed sees the company join Boeing, Raytheon, Thales, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin

RedQ, RedQ Executive Express, RedSky and OneAsia are just some of the names that Qantas is considering for its new Asia based premium airline, Fairfax media reports have revealed. While Qantas is yet to make a firm decision on which name to go with, the airline has lodged a number of trademark applications for the

China Southern airlines is increasing its Guangzhou to Brisbane flight schedule to four flights per week, as well as adding a continuing same flight connection to  Beijing, from October 30. The Guangzhou based carrier will continue to operate Airbus A330-300s on all Brisbane services, offering four first class and 24 business class flatbed seats, 48

Brazil’s TRIP Linhas Aéreas will acquire a total of 18 ATR 72-600s, as well as reserve options for 22 more under a split order-lease deal. While nine of the turboprops will be ordered directly from ATR, the remaining nine will be sourced from lessors ALC and GECAS, with the first 72-600 expected to enter service