The World of Aviation

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has announced that it has completed high altitude trials of the SuperJet 100, which were conducted at Gyumri in Armenia. The program of tests included continued take-off as well as OEI missed approach flights. The majority of the takeoffs were performed with one engine failure imitation at maximum take-off weight.

Jetstar has announced that it is extending its ‘price beat guarantee’ to the range of packages offered through Jetstar Holidays. This will mean that Jetstar will beat lower priced, comparable holiday package by 10 per cent, subject to verifying the competing holiday package and the Jetstar Holidays package is available.

IATA pledged to cut the aviation industry’s carbon dioxide emissions by half by 2050 in a presentation to the United Nations Secretary General’s Summit on Climate Change in New York on September 22. IATA presented a paper outlining three key emissions reduction targets for the industry. The first is to improve carbon efficiency with a

Japan Air Lines is seeking a bailout from the Japanese government, raising the prospect that the airline will be forced to make major cuts to its network to survive. JAL chief executive Haruka Nishimatsu is understood to have met with new Transport Minister Seiji Maehara and requested that the government make a capital injection into

Auckland International Airport Limited has recorded a 1.2 per cent decline in international passengers during August, although domestic traffic continued to grow. The fall in international traffic was magnified by a fall in transit and transfer traffic, which when included saw international passenger numbers decline by four per cent compared to August 2008. However, traffic

AveoEngineering has partnered with Brumby Aircraft Australia to introduce its DigitalFlightDeck touch-screen avionics suite to the general aviation market. Under its partnership, Aveo will integrate the first two modules of the DigitalFlightDeck into production models of the Brumby light sport aircraft. The modules include Aveo’s DataHUD, which mounts on the glareshield to provide real time