The World of Aviation

Embraer’s E195-E2 has commenced its flight test program with a successful maiden flight at the company’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility. The largest variant of the E2 family of regional jets, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PurePower geared turbofan engines, took off at 1122 local time on March 29 and flew for two hours,

After almost 32 years in service, Air New Zealand will operate the Boeing 767 fleet for the last time on Friday. The final flight for the sole remaining 767-300ER in the fleet ZK-NCI is scheduled to depart Sydney as NZ108 at 1855 and touch down in Auckland 2359 local time. The Star Alliance member has

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) is calling for applications for its 2017 pilot and engineering scholarships. There are six scholarships available in 2017, with applications due by July 31. These are: Moorabbin Flying Services Multi Crew Cooperation Scholarship Ansett Aviation Training Pilot Scholarship Jeppesen Pilot Scholarship Hawker Pacific/Australian Avionics Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers

Virgin Australia plans to commence a three-month inflight internet wifi trial on board a Boeing 737-800 from mid-April after naming Gogo and Optus as its technology partners for the service. The airline plans to utilise the 2Ku technology from Optus for domestic and New Zealand flights, with Intelsat and SES for its other international flights,

Virgin Australia has launched a new Economy X product that replaces its previous Space+ offering and gives passengers what group executive for airlines John Thomas describes as “speed on the ground and space in the air”. Economy X, which offers extra legroom seats that come with extra perks such as priority boarding, priority screening and dedicated

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says an examination of the Beechcraft B200 Super King Air that crashed at Essendon Airport shortly after takeoff has found there were no pre-existing faults with the aircraft that could have contributed to the incident. The King Air VH-ZCR was operating a private charter flight to King Island. All