The World of Aviation

Virgin Blue has announced it has chosen the ATR 72 as its regional turboprop airliner to be operated under its recently announced strategic alliance with Skywest Airlines. With 68-seats, the ATRs will replace the Embraer E-170 in Virgin Blue service. According to the airline, the ATR offers less than half the fuel burn and fuel

Regional Express Holdings Limited (Rex) has announced a group profit before tax of $12.2 million for the half-year ended 31 December 2010, a reduction of 5.4 per cent on the same period last year. The company said overall revenue grew 2.9 per cent to $121.2 million from the same period last year, passengers carried dropped

Virgin Blue Holdings Limited has reported an underlying net profit before tax of $72 million, down almost 63 per cent, while posting a net profit after tax of $24 million (down 8.5 per cent), for the half year ending December 31. The company says the underlying and net profit results were in line with guidance

A new look night show spectacular featuring a high energy laser show and flare drop is set dazzle audiences ahead of Avalon’s 2011 Australian International Airshow. Popularly known as ‘Friday Night Alight’, the airshow’s signature event will also feature expected acrobatic performances by military jets and, gliders, and the use of pyrotechnics to cap off

The US Air Force’s fleet of F-22 Raptors will continue to be maintained by Lockheed Martin this year, after the manufacturer received a US$726.6 million contract modification. Lockheed’s new deal for 2011, known as a Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor (FASTeR) sustainment contract, was initially awarded in 2008 with the USAF exercising an option

Embraer has equipped one of its new Phenom 300 jets with a medevac capability after confirming a sale with medical organisation, Amil Assistência Médica on February 18. The deal will see the first Medevac equipped version of Emraer’s Phenom 300 executive jet, which went into operation in Brazil in May 2010. The specially modified Phenom