The World of Aviation

Turboprop maker ATR has appointed Stefano Bortoli as its new chief executive following the sudden departure of Christian Scherer to a senior position at Airbus.

The RAAF has taken delivery of its ninth F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and the first to be taken on strength by its first operational flying unit to fly the jet, No 3 Squadron.

A private consortium has made a pitch to build the proposed $15 billion rail link between the Melbourne CBD and Tullamarine airport.

Less than eight one hundredths of a second has separated the top three finishers at the sixth round of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Austria as Australia’s Matt Hall finished third in one of the closest ever races for victory. 

Delta Air Lines’ first Airbus A220-100 has been painted ahead of its delivery in 2019. The carrier will be the first US airline to operate the type.

Matt Hall has come home fifth in qualifying for round six of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on a day where reigning world champion Yoshihide Muroya of Japan was the man to beat.