The World of Aviation

QantasLink will again operate ski season services between Sydney and Mt Hotham, with flights to operate from June to September. The services, due to run between June 24 and September 11, will operate on selected Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Between four and five return services per week are initially planned, building to seven

A RAAF C-130J Hercules is currently in Norway to take part in an international exercise focused on the J model C-130. Fifteen RAAF members from Richmond based 37SQN are currently participating in Exercise Combined Strength 2011, being held at Norway’s Bodø Air Force Base from March 19 to 25. Open to countries who operate the

The Royal Air Force  has phased out the last of its Panavia Tornado F3 air defence variants (ADVs), after a 25 years service career. Operations officially came to an end with the March 22 disbandment of 111 Squadron, which had operated the F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland, since 1990. Since July 2009 111 Sqn had been

Israel’s El Al has ordered four 737-900ERs with options on an undisclosed number of further aircraft. The deal is fvalued at approximately US$343.2m (A$340.1m) at current list prices.

Virgin Blue has revealed it is on track to make a loss of between $30 and $80 million for the current financial year, with the airline blaming a challenging second half due to rising global fuel prices and natural disasters. Virgin Blue says record fuel prices will add an extra $50 million to the airline’s

Jetstar has continued to maintain its existing flight schedule between Australia and Japan, while making a change to its daily Gold Coast to Tokyo route in the aftermath of the country’s devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck less than two weeks ago. The airline has continued to operate its 25 weekly regular return services to