The World of Aviation

The government has approved the acquisition of a second batch of four P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. Acquisition of eight Boeing P-8As was approved in 2014 (and the first aircraft are now under assembly), but the recently released Defence White Paper’s accompanying Integrated Investment Program (IIP) revealed that, “Eight Poseidon aircraft will be introduced in

Airservices corporate communications manager Rob Walker is making the switch to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to lead its stakeholder engagement activities. CASA chief executive Mark Skidmore made the announcement in an email to staff on Tuesday. In the email, seen by Australian Aviation, Skidmore said Walker had more than 35 years experience in

It was a proud moment for Darwin pilot Dean Ham as he landed the first passenger jet from the Northern Territory at Australia’s newest airport in Toowoomba, South-East Queensland, on Friday. The historic Airnorth flight preceded the start of direct services from Toowoomba to Melbourne on Monday and Toowoomba to Cairns services on Tuesday. Melbourne becomes

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia say they are looking to buy locally-produced aviation biofuel as part of a new partnership. In a boost for the aviation biofuel sector in this part of the world, the trans-Tasman alliance partners said on Monday they have released a request for information (RFI) to the market for aviation

Regional carrier Airnorth has commenced regular public transport (RPT) service from Brisbane West Wellcamp to Melbourne Tullamarine. Flight TL130 departed Wellcamp just after 0715 on Monday morning, touching down at Melbourne about two hours later, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. The Embraer E170 VH-ANT, which is configured with 76 seats, was on the ground

Indian carrier IndiGo has become the second airline in the world and first in Asia to receive the Airbus A320neo. The low-cost carrier took delivery of the first of 430 A320neos it has on order during a handover ceremony at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, on Friday. IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh said the A320neos, which