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The United Arab Emirates is negotiating a direct commercial deal with Lockheed Martin for the sale of 30 F-16E/F Block 61 Desert Falcons to bolster its fleet of about 80 F/-16E/F Block 60s already in service. The negotiations were revealed in a US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) request for about US$270 million worth of equipment

Former OzJet CEO and Rex executive Hans van Pelt has been appointed as Tourism Tasmania’s Director of Aviation and Access Development. The position is a new one which Tourism Tasmania says was created as part of the state government’s response to the Tasmanian Access Report released at the end of 2012. It will have responsibility

Air New Zealand has re-committed to supporting the country’s famous All-Blacks rugby team for the 2014 season. The airline says it will launch a global campaign promoting the association between the two well-known brands, featuring some of the All-Blacks players. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

The first Boeing 787 produced at the rate of 10 aircraft per month has rolled out of the company’s Everett, Washington facility. The aircraft – a 787-8 destined for Aeromexico via lessor ILFC – is the 155th 787 manufactured. Boeing says the build rate is the highest ever for a wide bodied airliner, and represents

Daher-Socata has reported it delivered 40 new TBM 850s in 2013, meaning the global fleet of 338 TBM 850s now exceeds the 324 examples of the previous TBM 700 model that were delivered. While the majority of the aircraft were delivered to the US market, four also went to Europe, three to South America, one

The Australian Workers Union has described Qantas’s decision to send heavy maintenance work for its remaining 747s offshore as “short sighted, lazy and unnecessary.” In a January 21 statement, the AWU said options still exist for the airline to perform the maintenance locally. “Even given Qantas’ intention to move 747 maintenance out of Avalon, the