The World of Aviation

The USAF has officially retired the last of its Boeing 737-200 based T-43 ‘Gator’ jet trainers at a ceremony at Randolph AFB in Texas on September 17. The T-43 was primarily used to conduct the combat systems officer curriculum with the 562nd and 563rd Flying Training Squadrons, but will be replaced by a mix of

The number of domestic passengers and capacity continued to rise sharply in July according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ (BITRE) latest Domestic Airline Activity report. The report shows that during July the number of domestic passengers increased by 8.3 per cent compared to the same time last year, while revenue passenger

Aviation Australia has announced that it has received approval to provide Part 147 Equivalent Dash 8 engineering courses by CASA under CAO 100.66. The new approval provides engineers the opportunity to pursue Dash 8 Type Training for the 100/200/300 models in both the B1.1 Turbine Aeroplanes and B2 Avionics categories. Aviation Australia says that it

Virgin Blue and Etihad have hit back at Qantas’s opposition to their alliance plans, claiming that the carrier has been “self-serving” in its complaints. Through a Sydney based law firm, the two airlines made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) addressing a number of the concerns that Qantas has raised to

Airbus has announced that China’s CAC Commercial Aircraft Company (CCAC) will be the sole manufacturer of spoilers and droop panels for the A350 XWB. “With this work package, we have accomplished our commitment to manufacture five per cent of the A350 XWB airframe in China,” said Klaus Richter, Airbus’s executive vice president, procurement. “Besides, this

A class-action lawsuit against Airbus and Northrop Grumman has been filed in the US by attorneys acting on behalf of passengers and crew injured in a serious incident involving a Qantas Airbus A330-300 in 2008. The lawsuit is being led by a US law firm following contact from Australian law firms which will represent passengers