The World of Aviation

The Fraser Coast Regional Council has announced that it will not levy landing fees at the Hervey Bay and Maryborough airports for private aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight below 2000kg. The announcement comes after the council and the Fraser Coast Aviation Group began working together to develop a plan to improve aviation tourism in

Boeing Business Jets has delivered the first VIP configured 777-200LR to Saudi Arabia based aircraft management company Aviation Link Co. The 777 will undergo interior completion works at Amac Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland, later in the month before the aircraft is delivered to its private owner in 2012. “The customer required a widebody aircraft capable

There is so much that can, and will, be written about the QF32 accident, but being the newsophile that I am, I thought it would be interesting to examine the communications that have happened over the past week. In later posts I’ll talk more about the possible damage to the Qantas brand as well as

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun interviewing the two pilots who were flying the Qantas Airbus A380 which experienced an uncontained engine failure on November 10. The ATSB said in an update that the interviews are being conducted in Sydney, and are being assisted by an Airbus A380 test pilot. “The flightcrew interviews

Boeing has suspended flying operations of its fleet of 787 test aircraft after the second Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing due to an onboard fire. According to various media sources, Dreamliner ZA002 was en route to Yuma, Arizona, from Harlingen, Texas, for extended tests of the aircraft’s nitrogen generation system on November

Singapore Airlines has been forced to ground three of its A380s over problems with their Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines in relation to the recent uncontained engine failure of a Qantas A380 on November 4. According to reports, Rolls-Royce overnight advised SIA to ground three A380s for “precautionary engine changes” following concerns raised during inspections. The