The World of Aviation

SITA’s 2010 Baggage Report has shown a 23.8 per cent fall in mishandled passenger baggage last year, saving the airline industry US$460m (A$494m). “Some of the decline can be attributed to fewer passengers travelling last year but the 2.9 per cent decline in passenger numbers is still far smaller than the 23.8 per cent decline

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that a second G250 has entered flight testing, with the aircraft making its first flight from Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on March 24. “We are very pleased with the progress that we’ve made,” said Pres Henne, senior vice president, programs, engineering and test, Gulfstream. “Both aircraft have performed wonderfully. We

Bell Helicopters has appointed Larry D Roberts as its senior vice president commercial business, with responsibility for the sales, marketing and program development of Bell’s line of commercial helicopters. Roberts is joining Bell from American Eurocopter, where he served as vice president of sales, marketing and customer support. He simultaneously served as director of US

Bombardier has announced that its supplier Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) has commenced construction on the facility which will produce CSeries fuselage sections, following a stone laying ceremony in Shenyang, China. “This ceremony marks a new milestone in the strategic cooperation between Shenyang, AVIC, China and Bombardier,” said Bombardier president and CEO Pierre Beaudoin. “Bombardier believes

Airservices Australia has again deployed a temporary air traffic control tower for the duration of the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix. Staffed by Airservices controllers from the Essendon and Moorabbin airport control towers, the event tower will manage hundreds of helicopter movements and high-speed flying displays by the RAAF Roulettes, an FA-18 Hornet and Black

The RAAF’s first five of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets touched down at their home base of RAAF Amberley on March 26 following their trans Pacific ferry flight. The five 1SQN jets, accompanied by an Omega Aerial Refueling Services KDC-10 tanker and followed by a RAAF C-17 airlifter, had departed Naval Air Station Lemoore in