Australian Aviation

P-8 confirmed, Triton progresses RAAF AP-3C Orion replacement plans firm up Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft is set to enter RAAF service from 2017 after the federal government approved the acquisition of eight and options on a further four. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Fairbairn Defence Establishment, Canberra Airport

The Philippines Department of National Defense has ordered eight Bell 412EP helicopters through a purchase agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation. A report in Flight International says Bell has confirmed five of the machines will be equipped for combat utility operations, while the other three will have a VIP interior configuration. This content is available

Nextant Aerospace’s Nextant 400XTi has become the latest business aircraft type on the Australian civil register after its recent certification by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Nextant specialises in remanufacturing Beech 400 business jets and recently announced it would soon release a remanufactured King Air G90XT turboprop (powered by General Electric H75 engines and

Boeing has announced the launch of the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) version of its re-engined 737 MAX series after the receipt of an order for a BBJ MAX 8 from an undisclosed customer. “We are honoured that an existing BBJ customer has become the first to select the BBJ MAX,” Capt. Steve Taylor, president, Boeing

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it is simplifying the regulations that cover flying training organisations following a review of the Part 141 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations. CASA says the simplification of the rules and requirements will cut red tape and reduce costs for about 300 flying training schools across Australia, and estimates

Air New Zealand’s 787 shows the art of the possible 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