The World of Aviation

The Royal Australian Navy is looking to acquire an interim vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).  A request for tender (RFT) for the Navy Minor Project (NMP) 1942, released on the AusTender website on February 26 (with a closing date of April 11), seeks to procure a “proven” VTOL ‘Maritime Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System – Interim

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is relaxing some rules regarding the use of small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The changes, first mooted in a CASA notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) for amendments to CASR Part 101 in May 2014, cover RPA used in commercial operations weighing less than two kilograms, as well as

Every move you make, every step you take*, Qantas will be tracking you. In exchange for a serve of frequent flyer points. Qantas’s partnership with health insurance provider nib, which was first unveiled in November 2015 and called Qantas Assure, was launched on Thursday with actor Christopher Walken fronting an advertising campaign encouraging people to

Air New Zealand’s decision to consider offloading its stake in Virgin Australia highlights the Kiwi carrier’s ambitions and the reduced reliance on its trans-Tasman partner, as well as hints at some divisions on the Australian carrier’s board, aviation analysts say. The Kiwi carrier said on Wednesday it had engaged First NZ Capital and Credit Suisse

Qantas says it is continuing to grow capacity along Australia’s east coast and on leisure routes while removing seats to destinations impacted by the slowdown in the mining sector. The airline group’s latest traffic and capacity statistics released on Thursday showed capacity across Qantas and Jetstar’s domestic networks, measured by available seat kilometres (ASK), grew 6.4 per

United has commenced Boeing 787-9 flights to Sydney, meaning Australia is now an all-Dreamliner market for the US-based carrier. The 787s have replaced Boeing 777-200ERs that previously served United’s daily Sydney-San Francisco and Sydney-Los Angeles services. The Star Alliance member started its Melbourne-Los Angeles nonstop service in October 2014 with the 787. United’s first Dreamliner