The World of Aviation

Airservices Australia officially opened its new Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) station at Perth Airport on August 30, marking the next step in its major infrastructure upgrade. The new $8.6 million station is located to the north of the airport and replaces the previous station which was built in 1962 and located near the

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that one of its test G650 aircraft has reached a speed of Mach 0.995. The aircraft achieved this speed during flutter testing, which evaluates the aircraft’s damping responses following an input from an external test device. Gulfstream experimental test pilots Tom Horne and Gary Freeman along with flight test engineer Bill

Boeing has shuffled a number of its senior executives which some commentators claim will help it to deal with another delay to the delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter. Under the changes, current vice president of aircraft programs Pat Shanahan will give greater focus to the 747-8F, overseeing the flight test, certification and delivery of

Virgin Blue has reported a rise in domestic traffic during July, although faster capacity growth resulted in a small fall in load factor. Compared to July 2009, the carrier saw an increase of 4.7 per cent in domestic passengers, resulting in a 3.9 per cent increase in revenue passenger kilometres. Capacity increased by 5.5 per

Boeing has announced yet another delay to the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner, with All Nippon Airlines now expected to take delivery of the aircraft in the middle of the first quarter of 2011. In a statement, Boeing announced that the revision to the delivery date “follows an assessment of the availability of an

Air France Airbus A380s will take part in ‘green flight’ revenue flight trials between New York and Paris during the fourth quarter of 2010 to test procedures similar to those used during the ASPIRE trial flights between Australia and the US conducted last year. The Transatlantic Green Flight (TGF) trials are being led by Airbus