The World of Aviation

Boeing’s St Louis based union machinists who work on F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-15K/SG Eagle fighters and other Boeing military programs have voted to strike following their rejection of a contract offer from the company. The strike vote was an overwhelming 4-1 in favour by the nearly 2100 workers after they rejected a new contract

CTC Aviation Group and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology have signed an agreement which will see the two New Zealand based companies train pilots from Japan’s JF Oberlin University. The agreement will see 17 pilots trained each year at CTC’s crew training centre in Hamilton from September this year, with 30 pilots to be trained

Qantas will add another six weekly services between Sydney and Perth from July this year, taking its total frequency on the route to 54 return flights per week. The new services will depart from Sydney daily between Sunday and Friday at 3:10pm, while the services from Perth depart at 7:05am and operate daily between Monday

Tiger Airways Australia has announced another set of routes it will operate from its Avalon base, with Sydney, Rockhampton, Mackay and Alice Springs to be linked to the airport near Geelong. According to Tiger’s online schedules, the airline will operate twice daily to Sydney, three times a week to Alice Springs and Rockhampton and four

Boeing has received expanded type inspection authorisation (TIA) from the FAA for the 747-8 Freighter, which allows for FAA personnel to take part in testing as part of its formal type certification process, while assembly work on the fuselage of the first Intercontinental has started. Boeing’s vice president and general manager for the 747 program

The ATSB is commencing an investigation into the crash of a Piper Mojave at Canley Heights in Sydney’s south-west on the morning of June 15. The aircraft, VH-PGW,  took off from Bankstown Airport with a male pilot and a female nurse on board. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot notified air traffic control that the aircraft