The World of Aviation

Tecnam’s P2006T four seat light twin has received US FAA certification. The certification comes after similar recognition from Europe’s EASA in June, and paves the way for sales to ramp up in the US. “A whole bunch of people said they’d get back to us when the aircraft became certified,” Ben Young, VP of business

The ExecuJet Aviation Group has been issued with an AOC by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority. The AOC will allow the operator to commence base aircraft operations in the country, the first of which will be with a privately owned Gulfstream G550 which will be available for third party charter. “We are really delighted

Cracking has been found in the aft bulkhead of the BH-1 fatigue test F-35B after just 1500 hours of durability testing. The cracks were found in the aft of five forged aluminium bulkheads which carry the aircraft’s engine and onto which the wings and other major structural components are attached, and as such they carry

Perth based Skywest has announced an expansion to its codeshare agreement with Virgin Blue. The agreement will see Skywest operate Virgin Blue flight numbers between Perth and Albany, Esperance, Geraldton, Exmouth, Monkey Mia and Carnarvon to add to services it already operates to the Pilbara and Kalgoorlie.

Qantas has used its newly launched @QantasMedia Twitter account to confirm it has lost the AFL corporate travel account. “QF ends AFL partnership,” the airline Tweeted on November 18. “We have a history of supporting all Aussie sports and won’t enter into exclusive arrangements with any sporting body.” It emerged last week that Virgin Blue

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has confirmed to media the accuracy of earlier reports that as many as 40 of the 80 Trent 900 engines delivered so far on Airbus A380s are affected by the oil leak issue which led to the QF32 uncontained failure, and that they may need to be replaced. “We’ve been talking