The World of Aviation

The second Boeing 787, ZA002, has been transferred to Victorville, California, for three weeks of testing, which will include ground effects testing, marking the first time the 787 has been based outside of Washington State. “Victorville’s airfield is the former George Air Force Base,” said Randy Neville, chief pilot for ZA002. “There is ample ramp

BITRE’s domestic air fares index for March has shown declines across most fare categories compared to the same time last year. The biggest decline was in the best discount category, with the index falling to 62.3 compared to 90.4 the year before. The restricted economy index declined by 5.5 points to 93.6, while the full

Turkish Airlines has finalised an order for 10 Boeing 737-900ERs and 10 737-800s. The order was previously listed on Boeing’s orders and deliveries website as an unidentified customer. Turkish Airlines currently operates a fleet of 58 737NGs, as well as 47 Airbus A320 Family aircraft.

Aviation Labour Group (ALG) has announced that it has reached agreement with the federal government which will allow it to bring in overseas skilled aircraft maintenance engineers to work in Australia. ALG had been awarded a three-year On-Hire Labour Agreement which authorises the company to directly employ the workers it recruits, and to place them

Hawaiian Airlines has ordered one additional Airbus A330-200, taking its commitments for the type to 10, comprised of seven ordered and three leased aircraft. Hawaiian also has options on a further five A330s, while it has also ordered six A350-800s, which will be delivered from 2017.

The USAF KC-X tanker contest appears to now be a one horse race with the March 8 decision by Northrop Grumman to not bid its Airbus A330 based solution it was partnering with EADS North America for the program. Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush said the company would not submit a bid because the source