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Korean Air has completed an order for five 747-8s and six 777-300ERs announced earlier this year. In addition, Korean Air has also announced an order for one additional 787. With this order Korea’s flag carrier expands its backlog of 747-8s and 777-300ERs to 10 each. The order also increases Korean Air’s 787 backlog to 11.

The navy variant of the F-35 executed the first airborne separation test of an inert weapon on October 21. Marine Corps test pilot Capt. Justin Carlson flew the F-35C test aircraft CF-2 over an Atlantic test range when he released the 500-pound inert laser-guided GBU-12 Paveway II from an internal weapons bay. This content is available

The aerial agriculture community is mourning the loss of Rebel Ag managing director and chief pilot David Black, who died when his Dromader aircraft (VH-TZJ) crashed while engaged in aerial fire-fighting 32km west of Ulladulla in southern NSW on the morning of October 24. The accident is being investigated by the ATSB, which noted that “an initial

Boeing and Lockheed Martin will team to compete for the USAF’s long-range strike bomber program, with Boeing acting as the prime contractor and Lockheed Martin as the primary team-mate. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have previously partnered on the F-22 program, and the two companies had earlier teamed for the US bomber program, before cancelling that

VivaAerobus has ordered 52 Airbus A320s in what is the biggest Airbus aircraft order by a single airline in Latin American history. VivaAerobus, a Mexican low-cost carrier, will replace its entire fleet of 737-300 to become an all-Airbus carrier by 2016. Credited with being a pioneer in Mexico’s ’Bus to Air’ model, an initiative to

Virgin Australia will introduce services between Perth and Paraburdoo from November 21. The airline will operate return services every Thursday and Friday using Fokker 100s. The addition of Paraburdoo, which has been served solely by Qantas to this point, comes after Virgin Australia announced increases to its Karratha-Perth services, bringing to 100 the number of