The World of Aviation

The Australian Capital Territory government has allocated $50,000 to conduct a feasibility study into developing a general aviation airport at Williamsdale, to Canberra’s south. According to The Canberra Times, Canberra Region Aviators Association vice president Michael Monck said that such an airport would help to meet strong demand from recreational flyers in the ACT. “We’ve

Lufthansa has announced that it plans to power its aircraft using jet fuel blended with biofuels from 2012, despite the carrier not having been involved in any test flying of biofuels. CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber said that the carrier was hoping to gain two major benefits from moving to use biofuel blends to power its fleet.

Airbus Military has started shipping tooling, spares and other support equipment to the RAAF and prime contractor Qantas Defence Services to support the introduction of the KC-30A Multirole Tanker Transports, the first of which will be delivered this year. Over the next three months, Airbus Military will deliver 4000 spares and 500 units of ground

The Millions for Malaria round-the-world flight in a Gippsland Aeronautics GA 8-TC Turbo Airvan took off from Bendigo on May 8 in a record-setting attempt aimed at fighting malaria in the Asia Pacific region. The Airvan, which is owned by Gippsland Aeronautics, is being piloted by Ken Evers and Tim Pryse, and will become the

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,