The World of Aviation

Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) started the first maintenance training program to be conducted under the five-year In-Service Support (ISS) contract for the RAAF’s six Boeing 737-based Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft on February 15. The 147 day program started with 32 students from the RAAF’s 2SQN at Williamtown, and will comprise classroom and computer-based lessons, Operational Flight

The RNZAF Red Checkers aerobatics team has been grounded for the rest of the current display season following a training accident on March 1, its second incident in two months after a fatal crash in January. Reports indicate the March 1 accident saw two aircraft touch each other in flight before both landed safely. “We

Boeing Defence Australia has signed a $44 million contract with the ADF to increase the scope of its Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) scheme. The original contract, signed in 2007, called for Boeing to provide Army Black Hawk and Kiowa pilot, aircrew and technician training, as well as operational fleet maintenance and support

Giant lessor International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has delayed delivery of the 10 Airbus A380s it has on order by one year. The company was scheduled to take five of the aircraft in 2013, followed by three the next year and two the year after that, but regulatory filings by the company say that it

An Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 747-400F has operated a charter to bring back V8 Supercars from Bahrain, marking the first special charter to and from Australia by the Dubai based cargo carrier. The first of two flights flew into Melbourne’s Avalon Airport on the evening of March 2, carrying 16 Supercars. That aircraft then on-loaded a

As a former employee of another part of the Qantas Group, I only met John Borghetti once at an employee roadshow in 2007 talking about some of the future plans of the group. But from what I saw of him, I think he’ll make a great CEO at Virgin Blue, both personally and professionally. The