The World of Aviation

Virgin Blue has revealed details of the cabin layout of the two A330-200s it will be introducing on domestic service from May. The airline will offer its first domestic business class on the aircraft, featuring six-abreast 62in pitch leather seats with seatback IFE and a range of what the airline describes as “high quality food

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