The World of Aviation

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner made its 1000th flight on Wednesday February 23, marking yet a key milestone in the aircraft’s delayed flight test program. Seven 787 development aircraft are currently participating in flight testing, with February 23’s landing of test aircraft ZA004 at Yuma International Airport counting as the 1000th official flight. The 787 program is

Embraer executive jets will be present at Avalon’s Australian International Airshow 2011 and the Aerospace and Defence Exposition, as the company looks to showcase its award winning Phenom 100, Phenom 300 and Legacy 600 aircraft. The company will setup a static display of all three types of aircraft during the airshow, with Embraer already extensively

Virgin Blue Group of Airlines has become the first Australian carrier to operate in the Middle East for 20 years, after launching its inaugural V Australia flight to Abu Dhabi on February 24. The initally three times weekly Abu Dhabi serivce comes as part of the codesharing alliance agreement between Virgin Blue and Etihad, which

Boeing has been awarded a contract by the Pentagon for the USAF’s long-delayed KC-X tanker program. Boeing’s KC767AT (Advanced tanker) concept beat out a bid by EADS North America with its A330 MRTT-based KC-45. The new aircraft will be known as the KC-46A in USAF service. The win by Boeing surprised many analysts who had

The first Airbus A380 for Korean Airlines has emerged from the paintshop at Airbus’s Hamburg facilities. The aircraft, the first of 10 A380s on order for Korean, will be delivered in the second quarter of the year.

Virgin Blue has announced plans to build a widebody capable aircraft maintenance hangar and engineering base at Sydney Airport. Planning on the new facility is well underway, according to Virgin Blue Group of Airlines CEO John Borghetti, with the hangar able to accommodate up to four narrow-body aircraft, or two narrow-body aircraft and one widebody