The World of Aviation

Qantas has launched its new Domestic Transfer Facility at Sydney International Airport to provide faster connections between international and domestic flights at Sydney. “The new transfer facility is 50 per cent larger than the current facility and includes a new spacious check-in area, six additional check-in counters and an additional bag drop area,” said Lesley

New Zealand based Spidertracks will launch a new aircraft emergency location system designed for general aviation pilots at AirVenture 2010 at Oshkosh. Called Spidertracks Aviator, the new system turns on automatically, tracks the aircraft from takeoff to landing, with position reports sent via the Iridium satellite network to a dedicated website. It will automatically send

Indonesian carrier Lion Air is looking to start flights to Australia from next year, according to a report from an Indonesian newspaper. The Jakarta Post quotes Lion Air spokesman Edward Siriat as saying that the carrier was awaiting government approval to launch services, although he said that the airline was “waiting for a destination that

Regional Express has been ranked as the world’s Top Performing Regional Airline by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, making it the second year in a row that the airline has beaten other regional carriers from around the world. The ranking was conducted on all publicly traded airlines in the world based on 19 financial

Austrian based Airborne Technologies and Tecnam are planning to display a P2006T modified for special missions, designated the Tecnam Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA), at the Farnborough Airshow. The twin-engine, high wing P2006T has been modified by Airborne Technologies for special missions with the inclusion of an additional electrical power (a separate 28V/70Amps electrical mission supply),

Boeing has rolled out its Phantom Eye high altitude ultra long endurance UAV demonstrator at a ceremony in St Louis. The hydrogen powered aircraft is designed to be able to fly at altitudes of up to 63,000ft and stay aloft for as long as four days. “Phantom Eye is the first of its kind and