The World of Aviation

Melbourne Airport has announced that Air India will fly to Melbourne from Delhi from November 1 this year. The Indian flag carrier will operate daily services with a Boeing 777-300ER. Air India will also establish its regional headquarters in Melbourne. “The Indian market is consistently growing, in fact last year, there was a 34 per

Thales Australia and Norwegian firm Nammo signed a Letter of Intent at the Eurosatory exhibition last week to cooperate on developing aircraft ammunition. The agreement will see the two companies develop the cannon round for the F-35 JSF, one that will be “capable of meeting all requirements and ensuring lethality against both soft and hard

Embraer will expand its Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Singapore as part of a wider increase in support for its commercial and executive jet operators in the Asia Pacific region. “Customer support is not only a priority at Embraer, but a significant aspect of the growth of our organisation across business lines,” said Alex Glock,

A USAF B-1B Lancer bomber made its first test flight with a Link 16 Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL) installed on June 4 from Edwards AFB. The FIDL was tested during the four hour flight by sending and receiving text messages and receiving virtual mission assignment data such as target coordinates for a weapon. The

US company Air Transport Services Group Inc has executed a letter of intent to buy three Boeing 767-300ERs from Qantas. ATSG did not disclose the purchase price for the three aircraft, but it is expected that the GE powered aircraft will be delivered during the third quarter of the year. Market prices for similar aircraft

ATR’s board has appointed Filippo Bagnato as its CEO, succeeding Stéphane Mayer who has come to the end of his three year term. Filippo Bagnato previously served successfully as CEO of ATR between 2004 and 2007. During the last three years, while he was Finmeccanica executive vice president technical, industrial and commercial development, and was