The World of Aviation

Virgin Blue has announced it will double its planned Airbus A330-200 fleet to four aircraft in early 2012, when two further aircraft will join the initial two due to enter service next May. All four aircraft will operate on transcontinental services to and from Perth. “These aircraft will be dedicated to domestic long haul services

The Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s Office of Transport Security has begun trialling new airport scanner and x-ray technologies to better detect explosives in liquids, aerosols and gels. The new equipment comprises two new multi-view explosive detection x-ray machines and a number of bottle liquid scanners, and have the potential to negate the need for

The countdown is ticking to the F-111’s formal retirement and final flight, with the RAAF hosting a media day to detail 6SQN’s operations as the world’s last F-111 unit and to preview December 3’s formal retirement and final flight. “We’ve had this aircraft over a third of the time this squadron has been in existence,

Qantas will resume limited Airbus A380 operations to Singapore and London from November 27 after what it calls an “intensive” inspection program for the aircraft’s Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. “Together with the engine and aircraft manufacturers and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Qantas is now satisfied that it can begin reintroducing A380s to its

Regional Express has appointed aviation safety consultant Ron Bartsch as an independent director. Bartsch has held a range of operational, safety and regulatory roles in the aviation industry, including head of safety and regulatory compliance for Qantas and manager of the CASA Sydney Airline Transport Field Office. The the well known author of a textbook

Hawaiian Airlines will increase its Sydney-Honolulu service to daily during the peak April 6 to August 1 travel period next year, the airline has announced. The airline currently operates on the route four times a week, and will also revert to a five times weekly schedule from August 2 2011. All flights will be operated