The World of Aviation

Air Lease Corporation has confirmed its order for 15 Embraer E-190s and five options announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July. First delivery will take place in June 2011.

The RAAF has temporarily suspended flying its 33 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighters after a 79SQN aircraft experienced an as yet undisclosed technical problem on Monday. According to a Department of Defence media statement issued on October 13, a “Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce experienced a technical fault while taxiing before takeoff on Monday 11

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin has announced that the RAAF will celebrate its 90th anniversary at the 2011 Australian International Airshow at Avalon in March. “The airshow will coincide with RAAF’s 90th Anniversary. So the 90th will be a key theme for this world class event which is run by Air Shows

Brindabella Airlines has announced that it will end its Port Macquarie-Brisbane services at the end of the year, citing poor patronage. “The demand we experienced at the outset has dropped off to the extent we can no longer sustain services to the area,” CEO Jeff Boyd told Port Macquarie News. The last Port Macquarie-Brisbane service

Strategic Airlines has announced that it has renewed its Australian air operator’s certificate (AOC) for three years, while it has also secured an AOC in Luxembourg which will be used for its European operations. Strategic has been operating on a 12 month restricted AOC since it started operating, but CASA has now granted it a

Airbus has opened the A350XWB landing gear test facility at Filton in the UK, marking another step along the way towards production of the A350. The new €39m (A$55m) facility has been named after Sir George White, in honour of the founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and will demonstrate the maturity of the landing