The World of Aviation

Airlines will soon be able to offer direct flights between Australia and Saudi Arabia and Oman following the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on April 21. Transport Minister Anthony Albanese noted both the Omani and Saudi MoUs will permit their national carriers to “operate up to four direct flights a week into and

Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline to begin pilot training on the aircraft, with 10 pilots undertaking classroom instruction in Tokyo during early Apri, followed by simulator training at Boeing Flight Services (BFS)’s campus in Seattle, Washington, from April 23. “The start of customer training is an exciting milestone

Qantas Freight is reportedly considering a plan to lease a small number of Boeing 747-8F or 777F freighters, in an agreement likely to be announced in coming months, according to Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). Qantas Freight currently wet-leases three 747-400F freighters from Atlas Air, with a Qantas spokesman telling ATI that the airline is “always

South American carrier Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas  has signed a follow-on order for three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen regional jets. The order, announced on April 25, increases firm orders for CRJ900 and CRJ900 NextGen series aircraft to 265, with 244 of those delivered as of January 31 this year.

The US Navy and Boeing celebrated the delivery of 500 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers to the US Navy in a ceremony at the company’s St Louis factory on April 20.   “Today is another significant milestone for a program that has by any measure exceeded expectations for cost, schedule and performance,” US

Reports emerged last week that CASA issued low cost carrier Tiger Airways a ‘show cause’ notice on March 23. Neither CASA nor Tiger have detailed publicly the contents of the show cause notice – which, if not satisfactorily responded to, could have seen the airline grounded – but they are said not to be immediately safety critical,