The World of Aviation

The Boeing EA-18G Growler has completed its first combat deployment for the US Navy, with EA-18Gs from electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 returning home from operations in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf on July 9. Returning to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island last week, VAQ-132 completed an eight month deployment which saw the aircraft participate in

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has criticised the federal government’s new carbon tax, saying fuel hikes of six cents per litre “will add millions of dollars to regional operators’ costs”. “The Prime Minister claims that the carbon tax is aimed at the big polluters, but the regional aviation industry contributes around 0.2 per

Embraer has released its commercial and executive aircraft delivery figures for the second quarter of 2011. A total of 25 commercial and 23 executive jet deliveries were made in Q2, with the Embraer 190 and Phenom series of aircraft leading their respective categories. For the company’s commercial division, a total of 17 E-190s, five E-195s,

Boeing has forecast a $130 billion market for 970 aircraft for the Oceania region – Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific – over the next 20 years, its latest Current Market Outlook 2011 released at last month’s Paris Airshow shows. Single aisle aircraft will account for 69 per cent of the 970 aircraft expected

A new type of C-130 Hercules simulator is set give aircraft loadmasters exposure to realistic combat environments, with the RAAF’s introduction of the Hercules Observer Trainer (HOT) on June 29. Originally developed by Defence Research and Development Canada, the approximately $1 million HOT system will provide 37SQN C-130 loadmasters based at RAAF Richmond with a

Qantas pilots have overwhelmingly voted in favour of protected industrial action following the failure to reach a resolution over a new Qantas Long Haul Pilots Agreement, with the pilot union demanding a contentious “Qantas flight/Qantas pilot clause” be part of the agreement. The ballot, which saw 89 per cent of eligible pilots participate, saw 94