The World of Aviation

Singapore Airlines (SIA) says the Airbus A350-900 will be a permanent presence on the Melbourne-Singapore route from May 2017. The Star Alliance member has scheduled the aircraft for the daily SQ208/SQ207 rotation on a year-round basis from May 11. SIA began flying the next generation Airbus widebody to Melbourne in August 2016 on a seasonal basis.

Air Niugini has commenced nonstop service between Townsville and Port Moresby. Flight PX60, operated by Boeing 737-800 P2-PXC, touched down at Townsville a little after 1130 local time on Monday, after a 90-minute journey from the Papua New Guinea capital. The aircraft, which was greeted by a celebratory dance on the tarmac, was on the

Travellers from Brisbane have a new option to Indonesia and Malaysia following the arrival of Malindo Air to the Queensland capital. The Malaysia-based airline, which is a joint-venture between Malaysia’s National Aerospace and Defense Industry (NADI) and Indonesia’s Lion Group, has commenced daily flights to Brisbane. The inaugural service, OD157 operated by Boeing 737-800 9M-LNQ,

Passengers travelling on nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai to Australia will be subject to extra security measures that the government says have been brought in in response to national security advice. The measures include explosive trace detection screening, similar to what is in place at airports in Australia for domestic flights. There

The largest member of Boeing’s 787 family has commenced its flight test program. The first 787-10 completed a four-hour, 58-minute over the skies of North Charleston, South Carolina on Friday. Boeing pilots Captain Tim Berg and Captain Mike Bryan tested flight flight controls, systems and handling qualities during the flight. “From takeoff to landing, the

Airbus has completed the maiden flight of its A319neo, the smallest member of the A320 family of aircraft. The aircraft, D-AVWA, took off from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport in Germany on March 31 and landed at Airbus headquarters at Toulouse Airport in France some five hours later, Airbus said in a statement. Airbus experimental test pilots Michel