The World of Aviation

A flying display by a US Air Force F-22 Raptor will be the highlight of another considerable presence of US military aircraft at the Avalon Airshow. Three F-22s from the 90th Fighter Squadron based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska will be at Avalon with the aircraft showcased in the flying display by a pilot from

Piaggio Aerospace is keen to establish Australia as a base for Oceania and the wider Far East, its chief executive Renato Vaghi says. The Italian-based manufacturer, which is wholly-owned by United Arab Emirates (UAE) government investment vehicle Mubadala Development Company, is returning to the Australian International Airshow at Avalon after a four-year absence. It will

Organisers of the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) are seeking nominations for the hall’s latest class of inductees. Nominations can be for an individual or organisation who have made an outstanding contribution to aviation and/or aerospace. “Australia has a wealth of aviation and aerospace history and heritage,” AHHOF chairman Steve Padgett said in a

Australia and Israel have announced plans to establish an air services agreement to facilitate more travel and trade between the two countries. Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Benjamin Netanyahu have signed a memorandum of understanding to “establish the first treaty-level air services framework” between Australia and Israel. “For the first time, airlines of Israel and

Virgin Australia has named either Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney as the “likely” city for its proposed nonstop flights to Hong Kong, the airline’s application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for an alliance with HNA Group and Hong Kong Airlines show. The parties have applied for interim authorisation from the ACCC to start

Being a market where the bulk of business jet sales involve pre-owned aircraft has not deterred Embraer Executive Jets from investing in Australia in the quest for new customers. Embraer Executive Jets vice president for sales and marketing in the Middle East and Asia Pacific Claudio Camelier says Australia is a huge market for used aircraft,