The World of Aviation

The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the US Navy’s east coast test facility at NAS Patuxent River near Washington DC on April 10. The aircraft, dubbed T1, flew from Boeing Field, Seattle, and was ceremonially escorted into Pax River by a P-3C Orion, the aircraft it will replace in service. T1

Macquarie Bank has purchased 53 aircraft from AIG subsidiary International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) in a US$2bn (A$2.1bn) transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, MacBank will acquire 47 aircraft worth US$1.67bn (A$1.8bn), while it will also transfer to its 37.5 per cent owned subsidiary Macquarie AirFinance the right to purchase six of the aircraft

Airnorth has announced that it will launch flights from Darwin to Port Hedland and Karratha via Broome from June 1. The flight will operate on a Darwin-Broome-Karratha and return service. The services will be operated by 76-seat Embraer E-170s, with the airline to take delivery of its third of the type in May. Lead-in fares

Airservices Australia graduated 24 new aviation rescue fire fighters from its Melbourne academy on April 9, adding to the 700 other fire fighters which operate under its Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) service around the country. The 24 new recruits completed a 10 week training course at Airservices Learning Academy in Melbourne and the

A survey conducted by Unisys has found that the majority of Australians support the use of full body scans and biometric identification to increase aviation security and enable more efficient passenger processing. Of the 80 per cent of respondents to the survey who travelled by air, 77 per cent said that they would be willing

Airservices Australia and the Department of Defence have issued a joint statement outlining changes to some flightpaths in and out of Perth Airport as a result of night time exercises being conducted by RAAF F-111s from Pearce from April 13-15. The two organisations noted that the training will be carried out north of Perth from