Category: Civil Aviation

Countdown begins for first 787-9 commercial flight
Airlines

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

A350 world tour to include Perth, Sydney
Civil Aviation

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

Hawaiian to replace Airbus A350-800 order with A330-800neo
Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus to buy six A330-800neos from 2019, and has taken purchase rights on an additional six aircraft. The order replaces Hawaiian’s current order for six A350-800s which had been due for delivery from 2017, and will supplement the airline’s current fleet of

Airbus A350 conducts RTO tests
Civil Aviation

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 demonstrates new ice detection probe
Civil Aviation

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

Mahindra re-brands Airvan designations
Civil Aviation

With the GippsAero brand now all but gone in favour of Mahindra Aerospace, the company has rebranded its GA8 an GA10 Airvans as the Airvan 8 and Airvan 10. The rebranding has also seen the company adopt new logos for the two aircraft which it says is representative of Mahindra’s branding. This content is available

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