The World of Aviation

The second Airbus Military A400M made its maiden flight on April 8. MSN2 took off from Seville, Spain, at 15.15 local time, landing back at Seville four hours and 50 minutes later. Aircraft captain for the flight was Michel Gagneux, joined by copilot Karl-Heinz Mai, with flight test engineers Jean-Jacques Bernard and Emiliano Requena, and

EASA (the European Aviation Safety Agency) has granted type certification to the Airbus A330-200F, after the new freighter completed a 200 hour, two aircraft flight test campaign, which validated the aircraft’s payload as 70 tonnes, one more than originally expected. “After a very smooth and successful flight test campaign we have reached certification in line

Engineers at Virgin Blue have voted to take on work bans and also possible strikes after talks between the airline and the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) broke down. According to a report in The Age, the engineers could start industrial action with three days’ notice, which could range from overtime bans up to

Viva Macau appears to have been resigned to bankruptcy, with the company posting a notice on its website that it is “seeking legal advice for an orderly and responsible winding down of the business.” The airline’s AOC was revoked by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority on March 28 after it failed to reach an agreement

Embraer delivered the 1100th Ipanema agricultural aircraft to a Brazilian operator at a ceremony at the company’s Botucatu plant on April 7. “The delivery of the 1100th aircraft is a great milestone for us, because it shows the reliability, solidity and tradition of the Ipanema in the domestic market,” said Almir Miguel Borges, Embraer’s vice

Boeing has announced that following analysis of test results that the 787 Dreamliner has passed its recent wing and fuselage ultimate load testing conducted on the static test airframe. “Successfully completing this test is a critical step in the certification of the 787. This is further validation that the 787 performs as expected, even in