Year: 1990

Hornets for Korea: The Republic of Korea Air Force has selected the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet over the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon to fill its F-X fighter requirement. The $US4bn deal will see the RoKAF receive 120 F-18s of which 12 will be delivered complete from McDonnell Douglas, 36 will be assembled in South

Airbus Ends Decade on High: Airbus Industrie has ended the 1980s with a flourish, with 1989 its best ever year. During last year the company recorded 421 sales and 105 deliveries, the latter comprising 24 A300s, 23 A310s and 58 A320s with production of the A320 due to increase to 120 per annum within five

Singapore-First News Held between the 14th and 18th February at Singapore’s Changi International Exhibition Centre, the latest bi-annual Asian Aerospace proved conclusively that this show is now firmly ranked third behind Paris and Farnborough in terms of market credibility. Just under 1,000 individual firms were represented from a total of 33 nations, a significant increase

All Aboard! There is an old saying in the travel industry that goes something like this- “Planes fly people between airports while trains take them from city centre to city centre”. I guess most of us can appreciate the logic of that and to a large extent its lack of relevance to airline management. However,

All Aboard! There is an old saying in the travel industry that goes something like this- “Planes fly people between airports while trains take them from city centre to city centre”. I guess most of us can appreciate the logic of that and to a large extent its lack of relevance to airline management. However,

Register Review This issue’s new allocations comprise a mixed bag of aircraft including nine helicopters and, five airliners, . five homeless: three balloons, two agricultural aircraft, one b1zJet and a sprinkling of both old and new light aircraft. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the