The World of Aviation

The second Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, California, touching down on May 13. The F-35A, known as ‘AF-6’, ferried to Edwards AFB from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, following the USAF’s formal acceptance of the fighter into its inventory on May 12. The first

Boeing has returned to a seven aircraft per month production rate for its 777 airliner, the fourth time the widebody has been built at a seven-per-month rate. A 777F bound for Fedex (pictured) rolled out on May 16 was the first built at the new rate. “This rate increase reflects the strong demand for the

Airbus has introduced new branding, colours and names for its corporate jet subsidiary. The new colours feature metallic-blue shading on most of the fuselage and tail, highlighted by flowing curves and accompanied by a new “Airbus Corporate Jets” logo. As part of the new branding, an “Airbus ACJ” prefix will now be applied to the

Thales Australia has officially open its CASIA air traffic management research and development centre in Melbourne. State Minister for the Aviation Industry, Gordon Rich-Phillips, officially opened the new facility today (May 17), known as the Centre for Advanced Studies in Air Traffic Management (or CASIA). Partly funded by the Victorian government, CASIA will be used

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have announced their new-look joint trans-Tasman network, which will connect Air New Zealand’s domestic network of 26 ports to Virgin Australia’s domestic network of 31 domestic ports. Encompassing a broad codeshare arrangement covering all Tasman sectors and connecting domestic Australian and New Zealand sectors, a revenue share agreement and

Qantas launched its new four times weekly Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth/Brisbane-Sydney service on May 16, with the inaugural QF7 departing Sydney around 1.35pm. With a scheduled flight time of 15 hours, 25 minutes between Sydney and DFW, and 16 hours between DFW and Brisbane on the return QF8 service, the flights are the longest in the Qantas