The World of Aviation

SpiceJet of India has ordered 15 Bombardier Q400s, and optioned 15. “As India’s most preferred low fare airline, we are focused on catering to these markets which require an aircraft that could increase the reach to over 60 airports that could not be served by the larger jets and establishing our footprint in these markets,”

Lufthansa has signed an order for eight additional Embraer E-195s, to supplement the 30 E-190s and E-195s ordered in June 2007. Lufthansa Regional carriers Augsburg Airways, Air Dolomiti and CityLine all operate E-Jets on Lufthansa’s behalf.

Checks ordered by the ATSB to look for the fault suspected of causing the QF32 uncontained engine failure have discovered a further three affected Trent 900 engines, one of which was fitted to a yet to be delivered Qantas A380. “Three engines failed the inspection and were removed from service for further examination,” the ATSB

Regional Express has again announced it will assist those in regional areas affected by adverse weather, setting aside a $200,000 travel fund to assist flood hit residents of regional NSW. “These regional communities have continually supported Rex through the difficulties of the past few years with the pilot shortage, GFC, rising fuel prices and attempts

Boeing has announced it has commenced fabrication of the first 737 based P-8I for the Indian Navy. The work, conducted at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, comprised the fabrication of an aluminium panel which will be installed on the aircraft’s upper fuselage. All 737 fuselages are built at Spirit before being shipped to Renton in

Raytheon’s Advanced Combat Radar (RACR) has completed flight trials aboard a USAF F-16 at Edwards AFB in California. The RACR is a company funded advanced electronically scanned array (AESA) radar leveraging technology from the successful AN/APG-79, and has been designed for retrofit to F-16s, F/A-18s and other tactical fighters. “Raytheon’s AESA technology brings unparalleled capability