The World of Aviation

Airbus has announced that it will increase production of the A320 Family to 40 per month during the first quarter of 2012, while Boeing is poised to follow suit with its 737 range. Airbus says that strong demand for the aircraft family has been behind its decision, with the backlog for A320 Family now at

Embraer celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Ipanema agricultural aircraft on July 31. The Ipanema started off as a project at the end of the 1960s as a substitute for imported agricultural aircraft by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture’s Research and Development Institute, with development of the aircraft coming under Embraer

Qantas is aiming to grab a larger slice of the WA aviation market, with the airline targeting fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) and other regional operations. According to a report in The West Australian newspaper, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline had entered a tender to the WA government to operate services on the Perth to Albany,

Thai Airways International has and Tiger Airways have announced that they will establish a joint venture low cost carrier which will be based at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Named Thai Tiger, the new LCC will start operations in the first quarter of 2011 and focus on flights within a five hour radius of Bangkok. Thai Airways

The Commonwealth has reportedly bought 18 RQ-7B Shadow 200 tactical UAV airframes, two ground support segments and various training equipment to support troops deployed in Afghanistan. Following a notification to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in early May of a possible sale of the Shadow UAS to Australia, News Ltd publications have reported

Virgin Atlantic will adopt a new brand image and aircraft livery which it says will help its aircraft stand out from the crowd at airports around the world. “Despite the most challenging economic conditions that we have encountered for some time, this is just one of many design projects that Virgin Atlantic has invested in,”