The World of Aviation

The first production Cessna Skycatcher manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation made its first flight on September 17. “The Skycatcher program continues to make significant progress, today with the first flight of our very first aircraft produced on production tooling, following closely on the heels of our announcement in July of ASTM compliance for the aircraft,”

Aerospace industry analyst Scott Hamilton claims in a report for ‘Commercial Aviation Online’ that Airbus is soon to announce a winglet option for the A320, while both Boeing and Airbus have been investigating reengining options for the A320 and 737 respectively. According to Hamilton, who cites anonymous sources at Airbus, the manufacturer is set to

ATR officially presented the prototype of its ATR 72-600 series in a ceremony at Toulouse on October 1. “We are very proud and very happy to present our first ATR 72-600 today,” said Stéphane Mayer, ATR’s chief executive officer. “The improvements to our new -600 series are written into our continuous development philosophy in order

Cessna Aircraft Company chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton formally opened the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s annual convention on the morning of October 1. Pelton was the keynote speaker at the RAAA’s 10th annual convention, being held at the Hyatt Coolum on the Sunshine Coast, and told the approximately 300 delegates of the travails

Singapore Airlines launched daily Airbus A380 services to Melbourne on September 30, the Victorian capital’s first daily service from the Airbus double-decker. Melbourne becomes Singapore Airlines’s sixth A380 port, with the A380 services increasing the airline’s capacity to Melbourne by 35,000 seats a year. Singapore Airlines has so far taken delivery of 10 A380s. On

Jetstar has announced that it will increase its frequencies on routes to Denpasar, Phuket and Honolulu as it takes delivery of its seventh Airbus A330-200 in December. With the new aircraft, the low cost carrier will increase its services from Sydney and Melbourne to Denpasar from four and two times weekly to daily and three