The World of Aviation

Virgin Blue has announced that its business class equipped Airbus A330-200s will begin operating a daily Sydney-Perth service from May 26, with a three-times daily schedule from July. “The service commences from Sydney to Perth on 26 May 2011 with an 8.00am departure from Sydney, followed by a 1.00pm departure from Perth later that day.

Boeing has announced the completion of site acceptance for the EROC (Eastern Regional Operations Centre) component of the Vigilare command and control system for the RAAF. “EROC is the last piece of the puzzle for Vigilare. Once it joins the Northern Regional Operations Centre (NROC) in operations, the RAAF will have a truly complete and

Jetstar today is due to launch its new daily Perth-Gold Coast direct service. The ‘red eye’ flights, JQ982 Gold Coast-Perth which departs at 2100 and arrives in Perth at 0045, and the return JQ983 which departs Perth at 0125 arriving on the Gold Coast at 0755, follow Jetstar’s launch of Perth-Brisbane flights in December, and

A Gulfstream G650 development aircraft has crashed on takeoff, killing all four occupants on board during flight testing at Roswell, New Mexico, on Saturday morning (April 2). The aircraft, N652GD, was conducting breaking takeoff performance tests when the accident occurred, with the G650’s right wing tip striking the runway just after it became airborne. “The

Airbus has signed an agreement with the Spanish government and flagship carrier Iberia Airlines to develop a biofuel ‘value chain’, intended for commercial use. Bringing together farmers, oil refiners and airlines, the value chain agreement aims to promote and back initiatives to develop a complete biofuel production chain for Spanish aviation, using sustainable resources from

The pilots of last year’s Millions Against Malaria round-the-world flight have been recognised on a national and international scale for their charitable efforts. Millions Against Malaria pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse have received both the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia Des Kelly Special Achievement award, and the Paris-based Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)