Australian Aviation

Falling international marketshare, IR problems, and the need to innovate in a changing world At seemingly endless results’ announcements through the last decade then CEO Geoff Dixon trotted out the now famous “our future is not guaranteed” line with regular monotony. Scribes and the Unions typically paid scant heed to the dire warnings for with

Big news, bigger crowds for Australian Intl Airshow Great weekend weather and a diverse flying program attracted strong public day crowds to the tenth Australian International Airshow at Avalon in early March, even if the number of trade exhibitors, and the size of their displays, was well down on previous events. Always a show in

Qatar Airways has announced orders for three Boeing 777 Freighters and two 777-300ERs, in a deal worth US$1.4 billion at list prices. The airline’s 777 Freighter order, which was formally announced on April 6 at the Business & Investment in Qatar Forum in New York, was previously listed as ‘unidentified’ on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website

The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter completed functional checks and a test catapult hookup on March 22, ahead of ship compatibility testing planned later this year. Test aircraft CF-1 conducted the trials at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, with test teams investigating an issue discovered during a preliminary fit check on the launch

Virgin Blue Group of Airlines has announced the appointment of Joshua Bayliss to the company’s board as a non‐executive director. Bayliss, who has worked as Virgin Group General Counsel in Geneva since 2005, will join fellow non-executive directors Mark Vaile, Rob Thomas and David Baxby and Sam Mostyn on Virgin Blue’s board, along with chairman

Boeing’s Super Hornet grows with next gen upgrades A stealthier, longer ranging, and more powerful F/A-18E/F Super Hornet armed with a host of next generation capabilities may be a future possibility for the RAAF, with Boeing offering a preview of its Super Hornet International Roadmap during last month’s Avalon’s Airshow. From the initial Block 1