The World of Aviation

American Airlines (AA) has signed an agreement to interline passengers on Jetstar’s domestic New Zealand services ahead of a likely codeshare agreement between the two airlines. The agreement was announced at a joint ceremony in Auckland, and will initially allow American passengers to be booked on Jetstar services with their American tickets. Subject to regulatory

A major upgrade of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Cairns Airport to improve its reliability and extend its useful life has now been completed by Airservices Australia. “The old ILS equipment was one of the least reliable in the country and outages during the last wet season made it a priority for replacement. The

Boeing and the Defence Materiel Organisation have agreed to extend the Office of Australian Industry Capability (OAIC) for a further two years. The OAIC has been active in identifying capability within Australian small and medium enterprises which may be utilised by Boeing’s global supply chain. Boeing says that to date the OAIC has helped to

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