The World of Aviation

The federal government’s budget has confirmed increases in spending on aviation security and regional aviation infrastructure and funds the study for a second Sydney airport site, meeting commitments made in the Aviation White Paper. As announced in February, the government has allocated nearly $200 million in the 2010-2011 budget to assist with the rollout of

BAE Systems celebrated a decade of production and support of the RAAF’s Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter, with the first Australian assembled aircraft, A27-10, rolling out of BAE’s hangar at Williamtown for its maiden test flight on May 12 2000. “This is a proud day for our company and our employees,” said Gerry Mann, general manager

RAAF F-111s will take part in Exercise Chong Ju at Puckapunyal this week, marking the last time the aircraft takes part in the exercise ahead of its retirement at the end of the year. Two 6SQN F-111s will operate from RAAF Base Amberley to provide close air support during the exercise, and will conduct their

Emirates has announced that it is restructuring its business and economy class fare categories on trans-Tasman services, which appears to be set to challenge Air New Zealand’s recently announced changes to its fare scheme. Under the new fare format, economy and business fares will be split into Super Saver, Saver and Flex categories, which the

A Skytraders Airbus A319 was involved in an incident at Cocos Island where the aircraft started rolling while its rear airstairs were still down. According to a report from The Australian newspaper, the aircraft was carrying 120 asylum seekers and had begun taxiing when bystanders noticed that the aircraft was dragging its rear airstairs, causing

The first of 27 NH90 NFHs was delivered to the French navy on May 5 during a ceremony at Eurocopter’s Marignane plant. It was the first delivery of a NH90 helicopter to France, which also has 34 NH90 TTH troop transports on order. Between them the Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian and Belgian navies have ordered