The World of Aviation

Alliance Airlines will become the first Australian operator of the Fokker 70, with the acquisition of two Fokker 70LRs, the first of which has arrived at its Brisbane base. Alliance says it has reached agreement with an unnamed major customer to operate the Fokker 70s nonstop from the east coast to a a mine site

Airservices Australia will begin to replace its ageing en route radars across the east coast, following the signing of a $45 million contract with INDRA Australia. The agreement will see Airservices replace 11 en route radars by 2015, augmenting the satellite based ADS-B network. Several locations across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Jetstar’s modestly revised livery, featuring the modified titles which first appeared on the airline’s website and marketing material in May, has broken cover on an Airbus A320 due to be delivered shortly to Jetstar Asia. The aircraft, MSN 4772, has been spotted at Airbus’s Hamburg plant, and is due to be delivered to Jetstar Asia

QF32 pilot Captain Richard de Crespigny has defended the actions taken by his crew after an uncontained engine failure forced the Sydney-bound Airbus A380 to return to Singapore’s Changi Airport in November last year. Speaking at a joint event hosted by the Australian Association of Aviation and Aerospace Industries (AAAAI) and Monash University in June,

Boeing and All Nippon Airways have begun service ready operational validation (SROV) with the 787 Dreamliner in Japan, as the airline prepares to take delivery of its first aircraft later this year. Arriving at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after a non-stop flight from Seattle yesterday morning, 787 flight test aircraft ZA002 will participate in the week

Up to 27,500 seats per week will now be made available to Australian and Indonesian airlines operating between both countries, after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  on July 1. Representing an 86 per cent increase on capacity on existing levels, the agreement covers 25,000 seats per week for airlines of either nation