Category: Civil Aviation

The race is on between All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand for bragging rights as the first airline to operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on a scheduled commercial flight. Air NZ was the first to take delivery of the new aircraft, when the all-black painted ZK-NZE landed at Auckland Airport on July 11. This

Airbus A350 test aircraft MSN5 will visit Perth, Sydney and Auckland as part of the aircraft’s route proving program, the final phase of the aircraft’s type certification testing. 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

Airbus’A350 XWB MSN001 prototype has successfully conducted its Maximum Energy Rejected Take-Off (MERTO) tests. Conducted at the French government’s Istres test facility near Marseille on July 19, the MERTO tests were a follow-on from the previous ‘High Energy Rejected Take-Off’ (HERTO) tests conducted in May, and are a mandatory element of the aircraft’s certification process.

Zodiac Aerospace Australia (ZAA) says it has conducted a successful series of trials of its new in-flight ice detection probe. The flights were conducted on a modified King Air which was equipped for atmospheric research flights and operated by Air Affairs Australia (AAA), and were conducted in icing conditions from AAA’s Nowra NSW base over