The World of Aviation

A V Australia Boeing 777-300ER, VH-VOZ, performed a rejected takeoff from Los Angeles on the evening of April 13 local time after the pilots reported difficulty with the aircraft’s left engine. A loud bang and flames coming from the affected engine were reported by passengers on-board flight VA02, which had begun its takeoff roll on

Sydney Airport has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first flight from what would become Sydney Airport, marking the milestone with a BBQ and unveiling a plaque bearing the name of pioneering New Zealand pilot, Captain Joseph Joel Hammond. During a 10 minute flight on April 18 1911, Hammond flew his Bristol box-kite biplane from

The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition has reported on a successful 2011 event, with airshow CEO Ian Honnery citing significant increases in crowd figures and aircraft participants. “Total attendances across the full six trade and public days of the event were almost 195,000, compared to a figure of just over 170,000 for

Qantas is facing industrial action from its maintenance engineers, after a postal ballot of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) members saw 80 per cent vote in favour of overtime-bans and complete work stoppages. “We’re obviously very pleased at the outcome of the vote and Qantas should take very careful note of it,” ALAEA spokesman

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released an issues paper seeking public comment on Airservices Australia’s proposed new long term pricing arrangement. Airservices, the monopoly, government owned provider of air traffic control and aviation rescue and fire-fighting (ARFF) services in Australia, is proposing a new long term, five year pricing arrangement, which would

Pilatus Aircraft has reported on a solid financial year in 2010, generating record revenues and operating profits. The Swiss company generated sales of CHF 688m (A$734m) and an operating profit of CHF 88m (A$94m), both figures up over 11 per cent on 2009. Nonetheless, new orders for the year and the order backlog were both