The World of Aviation

The US Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by US Aerospace after the USAF refused to accept the company’s bid for the KC-X program because it was delivered to program officials five minutes late. The company’s bid, based on a modified Antonov An-70 airframe with twin turbofan engines and renamed An-112KC, was revealed just

QantasLink has announced that it will expand its schedule to the Queensland mining centres of Emerald, Moranbah and Roma from October 18 to support growing demand from the mining industry. “We have consulted with the mining industry, and have added some ongoing extra capacity and some peak period capacity which will operate from 18 October-18

The fleet of seven F-35 JSF test aircraft has been cleared to return to flight following a week long grounding because of a fuel pump sequencing software issue. The lifting of the suspension comes after a software patch was developed and uploaded to the jets, five of which are at Pax River in Maryland and

Singapore Airlines has announced a number of changes to its local management team, effective from November. The changes will see Matthew Raos move to the role of manager New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory from November 29, succeeding Craig Astridge who will leave the company on November 26. That will result in James Dunne taking up

Canberra Airport has made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) calling for it to reconsider its draft ruling which would block the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand. In a letter dated September 24 the airport’s managing director Stephen Byron argues that the proposed alliance would not

Virgin Blue has completed the return to its primary check-in and reservations system, with the carrier forced to cancel only 16 flights. The airline’s online and telephone reservations systems were restored on October 6 at 1530 AEST, while its web check, self check-in and Check-mate are in the process of resuming. The two systems were