The World of Aviation

Virgin Blue has announced that the series of computer failures it experienced during late September and early October will have an impact of $15-$20 million on its full-year earnings. The airline announced the figure in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, and added that it “will be actively pursuing all avenues to recover this

Sydney Airport has joined AirAsia X in its campaign for the Malaysian government to grant it rights to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. The airline recently took the step of painting one of its aircraft with a message calling for the Malaysian government to “liberate Sydney” and end the monopoly that Malaysia Airlines enjoys

Skywest has recorded increases in both its RPT and charter operations during September 2010. Passenger numbers on RPT services increased by 4.91 per cent to 25,195 for the month, resulting in a 6.09 per cent increase in revenue passenger kilometres. Available seat kilometres increased by 3.03 per cent, which saw load factor increase by 1.58

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