The World of Aviation

CASA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making proposing to change the cabin crew to passenger seat ratio to bring Australia in line with international standards. Key parts of the proposal include changing the ratio of cabin crew to passenger seats from 1:36 to 1:50 for passenger aircraft with more than 36 and fewer

LAN Airlines has appointed two staff to new positions within its local marketing team. Joanna Raeder will take up the newly created role of marketing manager, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, responsible for developing and implementing the airline’s promotional activities, branding strategy and online campaigns, and implementing and assessing marketing plans. Yendi Benitez has also

French defence procurement officials have expressed hope that a refinancing deal on the troubled A400M military transport program can be reached between partner nations soon. Speaking to media on February 8, Laurent Collet-Billon, head of the DGA (the French arms procurement and export agency), said the partner nations hoped to have a deal settled by

Lockheed Martin and Kaman have successfully demonstrated an unmanned variant of Kaman’s K-Max helicopter to the US Marine Corps for its unmanned cargo helicopter requirement. The K-Max, fitted with both autonomous, and line-of-sight and datalink remote control, systems, flew a series of demonstration flights at the US Army’s Dugway proving ground in Utah in late

The first upgraded CH-53GA medium lift helicopter for the German army has made its maiden flight from Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility near Munich. The upgrade has been designed to extend the life of the aircraft out to 2030, and comprises improved digital avionics, cockpit displays and a new automatic flight control system; the addition of auxiliary

The US Navy has taken delivery of its 50th MH-60R Romeo helicopter from systems integrator Lockheed Martin during a ceremony on February 3. The aircraft will be operated by Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Zero (HSM-70) based at Jacksonville in Florida, the fourth US Navy MH-60R squadron, and is the 10th Romeo to be taken