The World of Aviation

Qantas had the highest on time departure rate during August, according to the latest on time performance report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). Qantas had an on time departure rate of 86.5 per cent for the month, followed by Jetstar (82.4 per cent), Virgin Blue (81.7 per cent) and Tiger

Ansett Aviation Training (AAT) will add a FlightSafety full flight King Air 350 simulator to its extensive operations. The new simulator will be installed at its Melbourne Training Centre during the second half of 2011 and will feature the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Integrated Avionics System and will also be available to King Air 200

The US government has approved the export of the F-15SE Silent Eagle to Korea as Boeing ramps up its bid to sell the aircraft for that country’s F-X III requirement. The F-X III outlines a requirement of up to 60 ‘stealth’ fighters. The F-15SE has been modified with internal weapons bays in the front of

The USAF has officially retired the last of its Boeing 737-200 based T-43 ‘Gator’ jet trainers at a ceremony at Randolph AFB in Texas on September 17. The T-43 was primarily used to conduct the combat systems officer curriculum with the 562nd and 563rd Flying Training Squadrons, but will be replaced by a mix of

The number of domestic passengers and capacity continued to rise sharply in July according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ (BITRE) latest Domestic Airline Activity report. The report shows that during July the number of domestic passengers increased by 8.3 per cent compared to the same time last year, while revenue passenger

Aviation Australia has announced that it has received approval to provide Part 147 Equivalent Dash 8 engineering courses by CASA under CAO 100.66. The new approval provides engineers the opportunity to pursue Dash 8 Type Training for the 100/200/300 models in both the B1.1 Turbine Aeroplanes and B2 Avionics categories. Aviation Australia says that it