The World of Aviation

Qantas has lost a High Court appeal to a ruling that it must pay potentially millions of dollars in commissions to travel agents that it tried to argue did not apply. Qantas had launched an appeal in the High Court to an earlier ruling in the Federal Court that it was liable to pay commissions

Garuda Indonesia has announced that it will lift frequencies on its Sydney-Jakarta services from three times weekly to daily from December 20. The flights will be operated by its A330-200s.

Boeing has begun assembly work on the 1000th 767 with the placement of the aircraft’s wing spar into its assembly tool. “This is an important milestone for the 767, which has continued to evolve and improve since entering service nearly 30 years ago,” said Kim Pastega, vice president and general manager of the 767 program.

Bell Helicopter has announced the certification of a precision Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) enabled glidepath capability on the Bell 429. The WAAS certifies the 429, currently the only helicopter available with the technology, for nine degree localiser precision with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches at a minimum velocity for instrument procedures (Vmini) of 45kt, allowing

GKN Aerospace has announced the delivery of the first major structural assembly for the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. The six metre long aft transition fuselage section features an advanced hybrid composite, aluminium and titanium structure covered with external composite skins, and has been built under a multi-year System Design & Development (SDD) contract in

Russia’s defence export agency is due to deliver the balance of an order from Indonesia for three Su-30MK2s and three Su-27SKMs by the end of September, bringing to five the number of each in service with the TNI-AU. The first four aircraft were ordered in 2003 and delivered in 2004/5.