The World of Aviation

Boeing has announced it completed full scale static testing for the P-8A Poseidon’s airframe on January 7, confirming the airframe’s structural integrity. The series of trials, which began in May 2009, saw 154 different tests conducted on ‘S1’, the program’s full-scale static ground test vehicle, in which it sustained loads equal to or greater than

Boeing will cut approximately 1100 jobs from its C-17 production line by the end of 2012 as it winds down the production rate of the airlifter. The move follows a scale down in C-17 deliveries from 14 in 2010 to an announced 13 in 2011, to 10 aircraft in 2012. The lower production rate, announced

Airservices Australia ARFF aviation fire fighters lent a hand to the clean-up effort around Brisbane’s CBD earlier this month, as the city began to recover from last week’s devastating floods. Two teams, each consisting of six or seven aviation fire fighters, an ultra-large fire vehicle, plus an additional 4WD and cleaning equipment, spent the weekend

Newcastle Airport set a new passenger traffic record in 2010, with a total of 1,181,261 passengers passing through its terminal last year. The 2010 figure represents an increase of four per cent or 45,700 when compared with 2009, and comes despite a sluggish first six months period. In the second half of the year total

Virgin Blue today launched its first AFL branded 737, as the airline marks the beginning of its official partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL). The Adelaide Crows were the first AFL players to travel on the aircraft, VH-VUY, departing Adelaide this morning for a pre-season training camp on the Gold Coast. The AFL branded

QantasLink was due to resume services into and out of Rockhampton when the airport reopens today. The airline had suspended operations when Rockhampton Airport became closed to all airlines due to excessive flooding on January 1. QantasLink executive manager Narendra Kumar said the airline “was able to maintain services across its Queensland network” while the