The World of Aviation

The US Army has taken delivery of its 300th Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, following on from the delivery of the 200th aircraft in July last year. In service with the US Army since 2006, the UH-60M features airframe, avionics and engine improvements. According to Sikorsky, over 900 UH-60Ms are expected to be delivered to

Airbus Military has finalised a strategic collaboration agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), aimed at providing support to the Indonesian aerospace industry. Signed on July 6, the agreement follows on from a MoU signed between both parties in Feburary, and will initiate the first phase of the program, with Airbus Military to support PTDI in

Finnair has appointed Geoff Stone as the airline’s new country sales manager Australia, effective from July 18. An industry veteran, Stone has held senior sales management positions at All Nippon Airways and Malaysia Airlines.

Chinese carrier Shenzhen Airlines has been approved to join the Star Alliance network, after unanimous approval by its chief executive board. “With the approval of our chief executive board we today formally start the integration process of Shenzhen Airlines, which upon completion will allow Star Alliance to once again enlarge its offer across mainland China

Virgin Australia has partnered with the Renewable Oil Corporation (ROC), Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation (DYMTF) and the Future Farm Industries Co-operative Research Centre (FFI CRC) to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel, aimed at reducing environmental impact and helping Australian farms. The partnership will experiment with the use of fast pyrolysis technology developed by Dynamotive to

The Tiger Airways crew of a flight that descended below the minimum safe altitude on approach to Melbourne Airport on June 7 “did not notice” a disparity for that altitude between the paper approach chart they were using and the database in the aircraft’s FMGS (flight management guidance and envelope system), an ATSB preliminary report