The World of Aviation

Garuda Indonesia has announced that it has appointed Helen Blake as its sales manager NSW and ACT, based in Sydney. Blake previously held the role of regional franchise manager NSW/ACT/QLD for Harvey World Travel and has had a 20 year career in the airline and travel industries.

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has been fined $35,000 in the Federal Court after it found that strikes by Qantas baggage handlers in Adelaide and Melbourne in December 2007 were unlawful. The strike, which was carried out to prevent a review by Qantas of its Adelaide ground handling operations, was deemed unlawful as it was

Auckland Airport recorded a 6.7 per cent increase in international passenger traffic (excluding transit traffic) during June, while domestic traffic was also higher. International departures at the airport increased by five per cent for the month, while international arrivals grew by 8.3 per cent, driven primarily by major increases from Japan and China, while transit

The US Navy delivered its formal bid for the supply of 24 Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin MH-60R helicopters to Australia on July 23 for the Air 9000 Phase 8 future naval helicopter requirement. The MH-60R ‘Romeo’ is competing against Eurocopter’s NH 90 NFH to fulfil the requirement to replace the RAN’s 16 S-70B Seahawks and the gap

Pratt & Whitney has signed a purchase order with Melbourne based Production Parts to manufacture F135 high compressor cases for the JSF program. The agreement, signed on July 19 at the Farnborough Airshow, has a potential value of A$128 million over the production life of the JSF program. “Production Parts has been producing engine components

Raytheon and the US Navy have successfully conducted a series of captive carry tests of the AGM-154 JSOW C-1. The C-1 adds a moving maritime target capability and two-way Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) to the standard JSOW GPS guided glide weapon, and the three captive flights demonstrated the C-1’s ability to detect moving maritime