The World of Aviation

Emirates has announced that it will increase capacity on its services to Brisbane and Perth, although it will cut one of its services to Sydney from November. From November 1, one of the twice daily Dubai-Perth services will be upgraded from an Airbus A340-300 to a Boeing 777-300ER. One of the Dubai-Brisbane services will also

The US Navy has approved the start of low rate production of the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The approval came after a review by the Defense Acquisition Board. “The airplane is performing very well in testing which should result in an on-time and on-budget delivery to the war fighters,” program manager Capt Mike Moran

An Army S-70 Black Hawk helicopter operating in East Timor as part of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) which experienced problems during a training exercise on August 12 successfully made a safe landing after the pilots made a Mayday call. According to the Department of Defence, the flightcrew made a Mayday call after experiencing an

Boeing has announced that it has appointed Allison Bone to the role of communications director Australia-New Zealand. Bone succeeds Ken Morton, who has been promoted to head Boeing’s corporate communications throughout the Asia Pacific region. Bone previously worked as communciations director with Kathy Jones & Associates, and previously held roles with Qantas and the New

Virgin Blue has announced the first phase of action following its network review, which will see Pacific Blue end its domestic New Zealand services, while V Australia will cut its Nadi services. Pac Blue’s domestic NZ services will be cut from October 18, with passengers with bookings for after that time to be offered refunds

Vietnam Airlines will operate two charter flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Adelaide later this year, marking the first time that there has been a direct flight between Adelaide and Vietnam. Two return services will depart Adelaide on November 21 and December 5, utilising Vietnam Airlines’ new Airbus A330-200s. The flights are being operated