The World of Aviation

Tiger Airways Australia has announced that it will start services between Melbourne and Brisbane from March 28 2010, marking its first direct service to Brisbane Airport. Tiger launched the flights on November 5, with an $88 launch fare on the flights which will be operated up to three times daily. Tiger Airways Australia’s managing director

The final F-111 to undergo deeper level maintenance with Boeing Defence Australia has exited the company’s Amberley facility, ending 35 years of F-111 heavy maintenance in Australia. F-111C A8-135 was delivered to 82WG for the final time at a November 4 ceremony attended by RAAF and Boeing officials. The F-111 fleet is scheduled to be

The General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 alternative engine for the F-35 JSF requires a minor redesign of a diffuser which directs air into the engine combustor. The redesign became necessary after an investigation into why a nut broke off during testing last month and damaged a test engine. A GE spokesman told Reuters that the redesign should

Rex subsidiary Pel-Air has been awarded a tender by the ADF for the Commonwealth Air Transport Deed of Standing Offer. Pel-Air joins a number of other companies including Adagold and Strategic Aviation as an authorised ADF air transport provider for personnel and equipment for three years from November 2, with an option to extend for

The Airports Council International’s passenger traffic figures for September show a continuing trend of stabilisation, with domestic passenger traffic rising solidly. Compared to September 2008, domestic passenger numbers globally increased by 4.4 per cent, although a decline in international traffic of 1.1 per cent mediated the total passenger growth rate to only 1.6 per cent.

Three Australian companies have signed two MoUs for additional work on the F-35 JSF program. Perth based Quickstep Holdings has signed an MoU with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to manufacture as much as $700 million worth of work comprising lower side skins, maintenance access panels, F2 fuel tank cover, lower skin and in-board weapons