The World of Aviation

Boeing has recorded a 9.7 per cent increase in deliveries of commercial aircraft during the third quarter of 2010, driven primarily by higher deliveries of 737s. For the three months to September 30, Boeing delivered 124 aircraft, comprised of 100 737NGs, 21 777s and three 767s. That is compared to the 113 deliveries during the

Libyan African Aviation Holding Company has ordered three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft and placed options on a further three. The aircraft will be operated by Libyan Airlines, which currently operates five CRJ900s.

The Israeli Ministry of Defence has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35A JSF, making it the first nation for formally order the aircraft through the US FMS process. “We’re very pleased with the Government of Israel’s decision to move forward with the US government’s Letter of Offer and

The US Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by US Aerospace after the USAF refused to accept the company’s bid for the KC-X program because it was delivered to program officials five minutes late. The company’s bid, based on a modified Antonov An-70 airframe with twin turbofan engines and renamed An-112KC, was revealed just

QantasLink has announced that it will expand its schedule to the Queensland mining centres of Emerald, Moranbah and Roma from October 18 to support growing demand from the mining industry. “We have consulted with the mining industry, and have added some ongoing extra capacity and some peak period capacity which will operate from 18 October-18

The fleet of seven F-35 JSF test aircraft has been cleared to return to flight following a week long grounding because of a fuel pump sequencing software issue. The lifting of the suspension comes after a software patch was developed and uploaded to the jets, five of which are at Pax River in Maryland and