The World of Aviation

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has named a former senior manager at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) as its new chief executive. Mike Higgins replaces former RAAA chief executive Paul Tyerll, who stepped down in October. While his most recent role was a senior manager at CASA, Higgins’ career has also included

Air China has touched down in New Zealand for the first time with the arrival of flight CA783 in Auckland on Thursday evening. The Airbus A330-200, B-5932, landed a little after 1830 local time on Thursday following its 12 and a half hour journey from Beijing. The reciprocal, CA784, took off at about 2020 bound

Airlines around the world are expected to collectively generate US$36.3 billion in profits and return their cost of capital in 2016 amid strong demand for passenger travel, lower fuel prices and operational improvements. The 2016 forecast, published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday (European time) in Geneva, represented a net profit margin

Virgin Australia will send its Boeing 737 fleet to the United States for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) as part of a 13-year agreement with alliance partner Delta Air Lines. The MRO work on the 737’s CFM57-7B engines will be conducted by Delta TechOps’ facilities in Atlanta and Minneapolis/St Paul, Virgin said in a

South Australian precision component manufacturer Levett Engineering has been awarded a commendation for “leadership, drive and performance” on the F-35 Lightning II program by Joint Strike Fighter Division program manager Air Vice-Marshal Chris Deeble. “The global Joint Strike Fighter program is a tough market that drives innovation, affordability and continuous performance, so companies who succeed

Boeing has marked the on-schedule roll out of the first 737 MAX with a low-key ceremony at its Renton manufacturing facility just outside Seattle. The 737 MAX 8, named Sprit of Renton, emerged from the factory and went into the paint hangar on November 30, which Boeing said was “the precise date determined when the