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A400m Deliveries Start To Take Off The development issues of the Airbus A400M have been well documented. Overruns in time and costs kept the aviation media and participating nations on the edge of their seats until the first aircraft was ultimately delivered to the French Armée de l’Air in August 2013. Less known is the

As concern continues to mount over the ability of some cockpit crews to handle the increasingly complex computer systems in the new generation of big jets, particularly when things go wrong, Airbus has moved to revolutionise its pilot training program. TOM BALLANTYNE was among a small select group of aviation writers given an exclusive briefing

The New Zealand National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released the New Zealand National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan. The plan, termed New Southern Sky, is designed to provide a pathway for the transition to new technologies and manage the changes to airspace that are needed with increased

Putting the Mobility into Airlift The RAAF’s force element group (FEG) tasked with the movement of ADF personnel, materiel and forces by air formally changed its name from Air Lift Group (ALG) to Air Mobility Group (AMG) on April 1. The group is headquartered at RAAF Richmond near Sydney and comprises two operational wings, six

Air NZ’s 787-9 arrives, A350 nears As Winston Churchill said, never waste a crisis. When you have a crisis that is the opportunity to make changes that are probably very difficult to do in a status quo situation. The people within the organisation were up for change because they knew the organisation had to change,

Airbus’s new big twin is on track for certification and deliveries from the end of the year It’s one year since the Airbus A350 XWB first took to the skies. Now it has over 2,000 flight test hours spread across its fleet of five aircraft. As certifications looms ahead, the A350 is preparing to make