Australian Aviation

AgustaWestland, CAE and BAE Systems demonstrated the AW109 GrandNew helicopter, their platform contender for the Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) program, to ADF pilots at Nowra yesterday. The machine demonstrated yesterday was privately owned by Linfox, operated by chief pilot Brett Quarrell and instructor pilot Michael Tavcar. This content is available

China Southern has announced the introduction of twice-daily flights between Guangzhou and Melbourne from October this year, in a move welcomed by Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff. The airline’s decision to increase the number of Melbourne services comes less than a year after China Southern started daily flights to Melbourne in November, before which it

Korean Air has announced an order for two additional Boeing 737-900ERs. The aircraft, which will be fitted with Boeing’s new Sky Interior, are valued at US$171.6 million at list prices.

Commercial Boeing to boost 737 production rate from 2014 Boeing has announced that it will increase its 737 production rate to 42 aircraft per month by the first half of 2014. Currently building 737s at the rate of 31.5 per month, Boeing intends to reach 35 per month by early 2012, 38 a month in

“So are you going to be the CEO that turns Qantas into a domestic-only airline?” ABC TV Inside Business host Alan Kohler’s question of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce in a recent interview sums up the sentiment towards the airline after Joyce spoke to the National Press Club in June where he announced that significant reforms

Korean Air will add an additional three flights a week to its Seoul-Auckland service for December and January, taking its schedule from daily flights to 10 times per week. “We have a clear growth strategy focused on driving more travel demand out of Asia.  Korean Air’s announcement of increased services between Auckland and Seoul is