The World of Aviation

Skywest has been granted an extension to its turboprop route licence until February 27 2011, ahead of the opening up of some of WA’s intrastate routes. “The company understands that in the next few months the Western Australian government will continue its review of Intrastate Airservice Arrangements and the composition of the routes subject to

Airlines PNG has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands Limited to provide a dedicated charter aircraft to support the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas project. Under the two year agreement, the carrier will operate a dedicated Dash 8-103 to transport field personnel and freight within Papua New Guinea. The aircraft will also be

The US Congress has threatened to reduce funding and slash production numbers of the F-35 JSF in FY2011 if the program fails to achieve revised cost and schedule goals this year. A bill, dubbed ‘HR 5136’, has been introduced to reduce the F-35’s development budget by 25 per cent and further cut the FY2011 aircraft

BAE Systems Australia has announced it will soon commence basic flying training of students from the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF) at its Tamworth Flight Training Centre. “The contract will see five students complete a training program provided solely by BAE Systems instructional staff at the Tamworth flying training college, utilising CT-4B training aircraft,” said

Emirates will add more capacity between Melbourne and Dubai from July as it replaces Airbus A340-500s with Boeing 777-300ERs on two of its three daily servics, meaning all three Melbourne flights will now be operated by 777-300ERs. The changes see the daily EK409 service from Melbourne to Dubai via Kuala Lumpur upgraded from A340-500s to

Emirates has announced that it its A380s will return to the Dubai-New York JFK route from October 31 due to strong demand from the Americas. “Against some of the toughest operating conditions ever faced, the results for the Americas have been hugely encouraging,” said the airline’s president Tim Clark. “This achievement reflects our success in