The World of Aviation

This March 2017 story from the Australian Aviation archives looks the first five years of SilkAir’s operations in Australia, which began with nonstop flights to Darwin in March 2012.

This story by Tom Ballantyne from the March 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the pilot training challenges facing the aviation industry.

The eventual retirement of the SilkAir brand has taken a very public step forward with visitors to the carrier’s website now directed to that of parent Singapore Airlines.

Cobham Aviation Services has added mining company Alliance Mineral Assets to its stable of fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) clients.

Delta will fly the Sydney-Los Angeles route with retrofitted 777-200LRs from April 5, offering a aligned cabin products with partner Virgin Australia.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed after repeated nose-down commands from the aircraft’s flight control systems, the preliminary report says.