The World of Aviation

Reports from the US on November 1 indicate the F-35 JSF program is headed for a further schedule and development cost blowout in the wake of a ground up review by new program head, Rear Admiral David Venlet. The reports, first broken by Bloomberg, indicate a further schedule slip of one to two years for

Despite the continued challenges over the 2009/2010 financial year, Australia again reached new records for domestic and international passengers over the year. According to new reports from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), over the financial year there were 51.76 million domestic passengers, which is an increase of three per cent compared

Tiger Airways has entered into an agreement with Standard Chartered bank to finance pre-delivery payments (PDP) on 14 new aircraft it has on order. “Standard Chartered Bank has been mandated to arrange and sole finance a Singapore Dollar-denominated structured PDP financing arrangement for Tiger Airways, relating to a total of 14 Airbus 320s scheduled for

Skywest has announced that it has received approval to operate Fokker 100 jets on its services to Ravensthorpe. The new Ravensthorpe services will operate four times a week from November 15, initially for a period of one year under an agreement with the Shire of Ravensthorpe and First Quantum Metals, which operates a nickel mine

Russia’s State Corporation Rostechnology has placed an order for 50 Boeing 737s and 35 options. The order is for 15 737-700s, 25 737-800s and 10 737-900ERs.

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Estonian Air has ordered three CRJ900 NextGen aircraft and taken options on a further two. The new order replaces a three aircraft order from SAS Scandinavian Airlines in March 2008 on behalf of Estonian Air and its other affiliates.