The World of Aviation

Brisbane Airport has announced a 5.4 per cent increase in passenger numbers for the 2010-11 financial year, with a record 20 million international and domestic passengers passing through its terminals. “We’ve had more than our fair share of disasters this year, however the strong Aussie dollar has encouraged more people to travel abroad while domestically

Airbus has delivered its 800th customer A330, with the handover of an A330-200 Freighter to Aircastle Advisor Ltd on July 13. The aircraft, which will be operated by HNA group, is the third A330-200F to be added to the company’s fleet. According to Airbus, over 1140 A330s have been ordered to date.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has published a preliminary report into the June 30 missed approach by a Tiger Airways A320 at Avalon Airport, during which it descended 400ft below the published minimum safe altitude for the area. The aircraft, registration VH-VNC, callsign ‘Go Cat 6207′ was operating a flight from Sydney to Avalon

Qantas engineers will hold a “one minute work stoppage” this Friday, in order to validate its original ballot for Protected Industrial Action (PIA) before it expires on July 22. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) had previously cancelled nationwide strike action on July 4, following CASA’s grounding of Tiger Airways on July 1. However,

The Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is set to continue service with the ADF in Afghanistan, after Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced a contract extension until the end of 2012. Currently operated by the RAAF’s 5 Flight with personnel from the RAAF and Australian Army, the Kandahar based Heron provides aerial support and

Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have announced the completion of service ready operational validation (SROV) for the 787 Dreamliner in Japan. Boeing and ANA pilots flew Dreamliner ZA002 to four major airports across Japan as part of SROV, including Osaka (Itami and Kansai), Okayama and Hiroshima. Together with Boeing, ANA ground crews were also