The World of Aviation

Qantas has announced that it will again increase its international fuel surcharges and raise domestic, regional and trans Tasman fares by five per cent, in response to rising oil and jet fuel prices. The increases will apply to tickets issued on or after Thursday April 28, while a fuel surcharge of $10 for domestic and

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first F-35 JSF full mission simulator (FMS) to Eglin Air Force Base’s 33rd Fighter Wing. Featuring a high-fidelity 360-degree visual display system and a reconfigurable cockpit that simulates all three variants of the JSF, the FMS is designed to give F-35 pilots an accurate replication of the aircraft’s sensors and

The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) has attributed static domestic traffic growth in February in part to “severe weather conditions in Queensland”. In the month that Cyclone Yasi battered northern Queensland, and in the aftermath of the Queensland floods, Australia’s domestic airlines carried 3.98 million passengers in February 2011, down marginally on

Boeing has announced that is has successfully achieved qualifications from several international regulatory bodies for its 787 training network. The company has so far received over 20 separate qualifications worldwide, including approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration, UK Civil Aviation Authority, Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Those qualifications

Australia has signed a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement with the US government to acquire a fifth C-17 for the RAAF, Boeing has confirmed. The fifth C-17 will be delivered in August after the US Air Force agreed to give up one of its production slots so that Australia could take early delivery of the

Virgin Blue has launched a kerbside entrance and kerbside valet service at its Sydney Airport domestic terminal for its business, premium economy and Velocity Gold members, which the airline says is a first for Australian domestic travel. “For our guests who choose to use the premium entrance and valet service, the trip from their car