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The Chilean navy has taken delivery of its first Airbus C295 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant, as it looks to replace its fleet of ageing P-3 Orions. The C295 ASW features two underwing hard points, a search radar, digital avionics, an automatic identification system, acoustic system and a magnetic anomaly detector. Data collected from those sensors

RAAF to get fifth C-17 The Australian government has requested pricing and availability from the US for a fifth Boeing C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlifter for the RAAF. Defence Minister Stephen Smith made the announcement on the eve of the Avalon Airshow at the Chief of Air Force’s dinner in Melbourne on February 28. “Recent

Further evidence of Virgin Blue’s ‘Game Change’ strategy is emerging. On the same day as Virgin Blue revealed its first half profit result for 2010-11, the airline announced its decision to acquire ATR 72s for its regional operation, and unveiled its new business class product for its A330-200s, the first of which subsequently arrived in

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Auckland Airport has won top honours at the 2011 Skytrax World Airport awards, after being named as best airport in the Australia Pacific region for a third year in a row. The New Zealand gateway was also the only airport from Australasia to make Skytrax’s top 10 list of global airports, coming in at eighth.

SuperJet International has announced the completion of the first flightcrew training course for six pilots from Russia’s Aeroflot, who will be the first to fly the SuperJet 100 in service. The 24 day type rating course saw Aeroflot crews complete classroom computer based training tutorials and instruction on a flight training device, before transitioning onto a