The World of Aviation

Boeing has announced its commercial and defence aircraft deliveries for the first quarter of 2011. It delivered a total of 84 737s in the quarter, as well as 13 777s and four 767s. On the military side, the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G led the way with 13 deliveries, while seven new build Chinook helicopters, four F-15s,

Russian carrier UTair has signed a contract for the purchase of 20 ATR 72-500s, in a deal worth US$426 million. UTair, which will fly the aircraft throughout regional Russia and Ukraine, currently operates 14 ATR 42-300s and three ATR 72-200s. The new order will see UTair become the largest operator of ATR aircraft in Europe.

China Eastern is to increase its Melbourne-Shanghai service to a daily schedule from June 20. “We are very pleased that China Eastern has chosen to increase the frequency of its services to Melbourne,” Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff said.  “With China as our number one long haul market, the new daily service confirms Melbourne as

The seven European partner nations in the Airbus Military A400M airlifter program have formally signed a contract amendment with EADS which implements funding changes agreed to in principle in a framework agreement signed in March last year. The agreement sees program funding increase by €3.5 billion in total, including a €1.5 billion ‘export levy facility’,

Air New Zealand has received government approval for its codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways, with the new services to go on sale from April 14 for travel from April 19. Etihad will codeshare on Air New Zealand trans-Tasman and domestic services, while Air New Zealand will do the same on Etihad flights between Sydney, Brisbane,

Fiji’s Air Pacific has cancelled its order for eight Boeing 787s. “Air Pacific and Boeing confirmed that the airline has cancelled its order for eight 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft which had been scheduled for delivery in 2015,” the two companies said in a joint statement. “Both companies noted that they were continuing to work with each