Australian Aviation

A Royal Saudi Air Force A330 MRTT tanker has supported a trans-Atlantic deployment of RSAF F-15s to Las Vegas to Red Flag exercises earlier this year. The aircraft staged through Moron AFB in Spain and McGuire AFB in New Jersey, and covered 16,000km each way. A release from Airbus Defence and Space congratulating the RSAF

Australia commits to the F-35 Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s April 23 announcement that the government had approved the purchase of a further 58 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs confirms the aircraft’s role as the central pillar of RAAF airpower in the 2020s. The acquisition allows the replacement of the RAAF’s 71 ageing F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornets

This brief Twitter exchange between the official Virgin Australia and Qantas Twitter accounts on Tuesday night shows that there is no love lost between Australia’s major airlines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Address Password Keep me

On the face of it, the federal government’s not unexpected announcement that Sydney’s second airport will be at Badgerys Creek should finally bring a half century of political dithering to an end. In reality, the deal is a long way from done and Canberra’s outline of how the new airport will take shape was short

Embraer Executive Jets has celebrated the delivery of the 500th Phenom family jet. The delivery, made just five-and-a-half years after the entry into service of the first aircraft in 2009, was of a Phenom 300 to Prime Fraction Club, a fractional ownership company in Brazil. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome

Qantas puts its frequent flyers’ loyalty to the test Hot on the heels of another dismal financial disclosure with a particularly deep accompaniment of job cuts, Qantas’s decision to roll out unpopular changes to its frequent flyer program in late March only added to the gloomy narrative of a flailing kangaroo. As public relations manoeuvres