The World of Aviation

Iron Maiden’s chartered Boeing 747-400 Ed Force One touched down in Brisbane on Monday afternoon ahead of the heavy metal band’s tour of Australia. The ex-Air France Boeing 747-400 is chartered from Air Atlanta Icelandic and is carrying the band’s members, support crew and equipment on its ‘The Book of Souls’ world tour. Using the flight

Virgin Australia says the airline group is on track for a full year profit despite a forecast second half loss amid weak demand in its key domestic market that has prompted capacity cuts focused on regional routes. The company reported a statutory loss after tax of $58.8 million for the three months to March 31,

All Airbus Helicopters H225s (EC225LP) have been grounded following a fatal crash of a CHC Helicopter’s H225 off the west coast of Norway on April 29 killing all 11 passengers and two crew on board. The H225, registered LN-OJF, operated on behalf of Statoil, was returning to Bergen from the Gullfaks B platform, 120 kilometres

Qantas is establishing a dedicated  sub-fleet of six freighter aircraft to deliver domestic mail, parcels and Express Post for Australia Post and its subsidiary StarTrack. The fleet comprises two Boeing 737-300Fs and three BAe 146-300Fs from Qantas’s existing freighter fleet that will be joined by a new Boeing 737-400F, with the aircraft to branded with StarTrack livery. From July the aircraft

Captain Debbie Slade has been a Qantas pilot for 27 years and counting. During that time, she has gone to work in a uniform that, while functional and practical, was never really designed for women pilots. All that will change from October, when Slade will head into the flightdeck of the Airbus A330s she currently flies

Bombardier’s CSeries has received its first order from a US carrier, with Delta Air Lines to purchase 75 CS100s and hold options over a further 50 aircraft. The order is the latest show of confidence in the CSeries program in 2016, after Air Canada ended a year-long order drought in February when it signed a