The World of Aviation

Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the US Navy assisted with search, rescue and reconnaissance missions using P-8A Poseidon aircraft fitted with a search and rescue (SAR) kit capability, the development of which was led by Australia. Group Captain Debbie Richardson, AIR 7000 Phase 2B program director, explained how Australia initiated and funded this capability

GE has promoted two senior executives from within to replace outgoing president and chief executive for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea Geoff Culbert. The company, which as well as aviation has businesses in the oil and gas, power and water, healthcare, transportation and lighting industries in this part of the world, said Max

China Airlines says its upcoming move to offer double daily services between Sydney and its Taipei hub is part of efforts to support new services to London Gatwick. The Skyteam alliance member will join the plethora of carriers on the so-called Kangaroo Route linking Australia and the United Kingdom when its new four times weekly

Just as it did with the Airbus A380 a decade ago, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has again chosen Sydney to debut a new product offering. The NSW capital will be the first city to receive SIA’s new seats across all four classes to be introduced on its Airbus A380 fleet, with flights offering updated suites, business,

Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell says the Army’s fleet of 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters could resume flying within weeks. Responding to questions from the Senate’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee on Wednesday evening, LTGEN Campbell said the Tiger’s ‘operational pause’, put in place following the fatal crash of a German Army Tiger helicopter

Defence has revealed that a new tender price for Australia’s ambitious OneSky program to acquire a joint civil and military air traffic management system is currently under evaluation. Thales was announced as the successful supplier for the Airservices Australia-led OneSky project at the Avalon Airshow in February 2015. However, negotiations between Airservices and the French-headquartered aerospace and defence