The World of Aviation

China Southern Airlines will increase its current three times weekly flight schedule between Guangzhou and Auckland Airport to a daily service from November 1. China Southern Airlines’ New Zealand general manager Henry Dai said the airline’s new daily service would “add another 90,000 seats per year”, reflecting “the high market demand we have already experienced

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has said that he is committed to “an exhaustive risk assessment on schedule” of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by the end of this year, saying that any decision to acquire additional Super Hornets to fill a potential capability gap should the JSF be further delayed would be taken next year.

The Navy’s second LPA amphibious ship, the HMAS Kanimbla, is to be decommissioned, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare has announced, following the early decommissioing of sistership HMAS Manoora in May. According to Clare, an assessment into Kanimbla’s materiel state and a cost and risk assessment deemed that, “the most cost effective and lowest risk option

The Brisbane suburb of Eagle Farm has been renamed ‘Brisbane Airport’, in a bid to provide better recognition and consistency for the airport precinct. The  2700 hectare airport precinct is home to over 360 businesses supported by over 17,000 staff, making the case for better brand alignment, according to Brisbane Airport CEO and managing director,

Boeing has announced that it will now provide simulator-based training for Australian Army Bell 206B-1 Kiowa pilots, further extending its support offered under the current Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract. Boeing will use a Helimod helicopter simulator leased from Ryan Aerospace, with delivery expected by year’s end. “Under our Army Aviation Training

Boeing completion all flight testing required for type certification of the Rolls Royce-powered 787-8 Dreamliner on the weekend of August 13-14, ahead of planned service entry with ANA in September. 787 ZA102 participated in the final 90 minute type certification flight from Billings, Montana on August 13, with a 14 person crew completing simulations of