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F-35 funding under new threat
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
Read moreBAE to train Brunei pilots at Tamworth
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
Read moreEmirates ups Melbourne, Auckland capacity
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
Read moreEmirates to take A380 back to New York
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
Read more99.1 per cent despatch reliability for 777F
/Boeing has used the delivery of Qatar Airways’s first 777 Freighter to highlight that the 777F’s despatch reliability since entering service in February 2009 is running at 99.1 per cent. Qatar Airways’s first of three 777Fs, the 23rd 777 Freighter to be delivered so far, was handed over on May 17 at Boeing’s Delivery Center
Read moreFirst Lufthansa A380 delivered
Lufthansa took delivery of its first of 15 Airbus A380s in a ceremony at Airbus’s Hamburg facilities on May 19. More than 700 guests were on hand to witness the official handover ceremony for Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powered A380 MSN038 D-AIMA, which has been named Frankfurt am Main, at Airbus’s Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant. “With the A380
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