The World of Aviation

Final assembly of the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for Qantas is about to begin after the aircraft’s major components arrived at Boeing’s Everett facility last week. Qantas currently has eight 787-9s on order (11 787-8s are already in service with subsidiary Jetstar), with the first aircraft planned for delivery in mid-October. Major components for that aircraft,

Boeing Defence Australia will look after RAAF F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornet logistics, engineering and maintenance services following the expansion of the company’s existing Classic Hornet Sustainment Support contract. The expanded scope of the $145 million contract sees Boeing Defence Australia become the classic Hornet’s ‘weapon system integrator’ through until the jet’s withdrawal from service in 2021. “This

Air New Zealand has announced a second increase in capacity to a North American destination within two days, this time revealing plans to add almost 60,000 additional seats between Auckland and Honolulu from April to October next year. After announcing plans to increase capacity to Vancouver, Air New Zealand has followed that up with plans to operate

Fiji Airways and Hong Kong Airlines have announced a codeshare deal covering two South Pacific and three Asian destinations. Under the agreement, from late August Hong Kong Airlines is to codeshare on Fiji Airways’ flights between Hong Kong and Nadi, and Nadi to Auckland, while Fiji Airways has now begun codesharing on Hong Kong Airlines flights between Hong Kong and Bangkok,

Australia’s major airlines have advised passengers that the federal government’s easing of airport security screening requirements on Thursday evening should result in fewer delays. “The Australian Government has advised us that the additional aviation security measures implemented at Australia’s major airports last week have been adjusted,” a statement on the Virgin Australia website reads. “From tomorrow

Unmanned aircraft systems company Insitu has notched up one million operational flight hours – 114 years – by its ScanEagle, Blackjack and Integrator platforms. Insitu chief executive Ryan Hartman said the first operational mission, which started the clock, was for the US Marine Corps, and so too was the one millionth flight hour. He gave