The World of Aviation

Fly Corporate is expanding its regular public transport (RPT) network to Sydney with flights between the NSW capital and Narrabri due to kick off in September. The regional carrier plans to serve the route daily, with a morning departure from Narribri and a late morning takeoff from Sydney. The airline has been flying to Narrabri

The government has approved a $582.5 million upgrade of the RAAF’s six E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne and Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne jointly announced on Wednesday. Under Project AIR 5077 Phase 5A, over a six-year, three-release program, Boeing Defence Australia will upgrade the RAAF Wedgetails with new

Virgin Australia flight VA87 has taken off from Melbourne bound for Hong Kong, marking the start of what chief executive John Borghetti describes as the airline’s Asian expansion. The flight, operated by Airbus A330-200 VH-XFD, pushed back from the gate at about 0940 Wednesday morning, taking off on Runway 34 just after 1000 with Borghetti,

Regional carrier Jetgo is adding a second route from the Wagga Wagga with flights to the Gold Coast set to take off from August 2. Jetgo started flying between Wagga Wagga and Brisbane in February 2017 and Jetgo managing director for airlines Paul Brederick said the passenger numbers in the five months since it launched

Pilots will be able to view live conditions at six more locations around the country after Airservices expanded its weather camera portal that was initially launched in May 2017. Airservices says the six new sites that have come online are Albany, Coffs Harbour, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Mount Gambier and Wagga Wagga. They join the six initial

Defence has announced that the release of a request for tender (RFT) for the procurement of Electronic Warfare Training Services (EWTS) has been rescheduled for sometime between mid-August and late September. The release of the RFT had previously been rescheduled and was expected to be issued this month. And as of October 2016, when a