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Bombardier projects a need for 24,000 business jets and 12,800 commercial aircraft in the 20-149-seat category over the next 20 years. The figures are part of the manufacturer’s recently released official 20-year market forecasts. The company expects business and commercial aircraft markets to continue to recover from industry downturn, with signs of forward momentum beginning

Team CLiMA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology were runners-up in this year’s Airbus Fly Your Ideas global competition, winning a prize of €15,000 for their proposal to develop aircraft fuelled by a blend of sustainably produced liquefied biomethane and liquefied natural gas (Bio-LNG). A team of students from the University of São Paulo

After maintaining a low profile since the spectacular collapse of Ansett in 2001, Gary Toomey has been appointed as CEO of India’s second largest airline, Jet Airways. Following a successful period as chief financial officer at Qantas, as CEO of Air New Zealand Toomey led the disastrous campaign to acquire Ansett resulting in the collapse

Airbus’s A350 XWB program has kicked off a 2,500 hour flight test program with a successful first flight on June 14. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on

The integration of merged Brindabella Airlines and Aeropelican takes its final step on June 24 when the 42 year-old Aeropelican name is removed from aircraft and marketing collateral. The fleet will be rebranded as Brindabella Airlines and marketed under the FQ flight designator. The association with Qantas will be maintained. The move completes the merging of

Preliminary financial performance figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show the region’s carriers achieved US$5.2 billion in combined net profits in 2012, 6.7 per cent above the reported results for 2011. Sustained growth in passenger traffic helped mitigate what the AAPA called a challenging operating environment marked by prolonged weakness in