The World of Aviation

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has extended the deadline for a series of inspections of Cessna 100 aircraft for a further two years. The inspections, contained in Supplemental Inspection Documents (SID), were developed by Cessna and the US Federal Aviation Administration due to concerns that critical principal structural elements of the aircraft, including wing

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Virgin Australia has received a $159 million boost to its balance sheet after completing a share placement to Chinese airline and aviation company HNA Group. The company said on Thursday the transaction, first announced on May 31, was finalised after HNA received the necessary approvals from Chinese authorities. HNA was expected to have a board seat

Australian domestic carriers bar QantasLink suffered a decline in punctuality in May, latest figures show. The Qantas regional carrier was the only airline to record an improvement in on-time performance in May, with the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monthly report showing 88.4 per cent of its flights departed within 15 minutes

The Australian division of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) is celebrating the organisation’s 150-year anniversary with a reception at Sydney’s Admiralty House on July 8. Originally known as The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, the RAeS was founded on January 12 1866 with 65 members. Today, that number has grown to more than 22,000 members

Airbus Helicopters has highlighted the suitability of its H145M light utility military helicopter for the special forces support role. The new military development of the H145, the latest evolution of the BK117/EC145 family of light twin helicopters, is entering service with the German Army to support its Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) special forces unit, with the first