The World of Aviation

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics statistics show that that international passenger traffic during August increased by 3.7 per cent compared to the same time last year. There were 1.966 million international passengers in August, making it the fifth consecutive month of month-on-month traffic growth.  Total available seats were also up, by 5.7 per

Japan Air Lines may receive a government backed bridging loan to allow it to restructure. “The government team will do its best to take steps to ensure safe and stable operations of the airline,” transport minister Seiji Maehara told Japanese reporters on October 30. JAL is understood to be seeking a JPY180bn (A$2.2bn) bridging loan

In a rare spot of good news for the Boeing 787, it has been revealed lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services is considering a firm order for as many as 30 aircraft. “We expect some delivery slots will open to accommodate an order of that size,” GECAS executive vice president for product evaluation and strategy Bill

New Zealand based CTC Aviation Training has ranked 23rd in Deloitte’s list of New Zealand’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies. The company, whose operations are based in Hamilton, was also awarded the ‘Fastest Growing Business Services Business’ award for the Central North Island. “The last two years were particularly good for us and saw us grow

Hot on the heels of the USAF re-releasing a draft RFP for its KC-X tanker replacement program, Northrop Grumman has opened the possibility of boycotting the competition due to what it says are faulty draft bidding rules and because it claims Boeing received an unfair advantage when it was given costing information on Northrop’s previous

The United States is in danger of losing the capability to sustain its own military aerospace sector, according to a leading US think tank. Speaking at a conference in Washington on October 29, Rebecca Grant, director of the Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, said the US is reaching “the end of the road” in being