The World of Aviation

Japan’s All Nippon Airlines has placed an order for five Bombardier Q400s and options on a further five. The order, which is worth approximately US$159m (A$176m) or US$332m (A$367m) if the options are exercised, was previously attributed to an unnamed customer.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced that deliveries of GA and business aircraft during the first quarter of 2010 were down by 15 per cent, which was significantly better than the decline experienced during the same time last year. For the three months, deliveries of pistons, turboprops and business jets were all lower,

Boeing’s Phantom Works unit has unveiled its Phantom Ray unmanned advanced technology demonstrator which could take on a range of high risk combat operations in future years. The privately financed aircraft has been developed from the X-45C program which the Phantom Works had developed for  DARPA’s Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) project, and was built

Qantas has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking unlimited capacity and frequency for cargo services to South Korea. In its application, the airline states that it plans to operate services on a Sydney-Seoul (Incheon)-Anchorage-Chicago service utilising a Boeing 747-400 Freighter operated by Atlas Air. The IASC has made a call

Austrian Hannes Arch has been declared the winner of the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Red Bull Air Race after bad weather caused race officials to call off racing midway through the Top 12 round on May 9. As a result of the bad weather, championship points were awarded based on the qualifying sessions

Virgin Blue, Qantas, Jetstar and Regional Express have been commissioned to provide travel services for the whole of Australian government, which is aiming to slash $160 million in travel costs over the next four years. Under the new arrangements, which will take effect from July1 this year, the four carriers will compete for their share