The World of Aviation

Cessna has announced that it will lay off up to 700 employees across its various operations due to the slower than expected pace of the recovery of the general aviation aircraft market. In a memo to employees, Cessna’s president, chairman and CEO Jack Pelton said that, “the recovery and growth we expected to see throughout

The US House of Representatives have passed a bill which will grant businesses who buy new general aviation aircraft and components a bonus depreciation tax incentive in a move which is expected to give a major boost to the GA manufacturing industry. “We are pleased that the House acted so quickly to pass the final

The fourth Rathmines Catalina Festival will be held on October 23 to help raise funds to restore and base the Cataling Flying Memorial’s Catalina VH-CAT at Rathmines. The festival will include entertainers, flypasts and landings from seaplanes, Tiger Moths and other light aircraft as well as an aerobatic display from a Pitts Special. In addition,

The first Boeing F/A-18F+ for the RAAF, A44-213, made its first flight at St Louis on September 23. The aircraft is the first of 12 to be modified with specific wiring, conduits and avionics racks for conversion to the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. They have been internally given the ‘+’ suffix by Boeing Australia

Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have received interim authorisation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for their alliance. The interim authorisation will now allow the two airlines to start selling joint fares on each others’ networks from October 1. The two carriers will integrate the Etihad Guest and Velocity programs, with members able

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has said that the airline is not interested in a possible merger with British Airways, with the company now focused on pursuing organic growth opportunities in Asia instead. “Been there, done that,” Joyce remarked when recently asked by a reporter about comments from BA CEO Willie Walsh that the airline was