Australian Aviation

Strategic Airlines operated its inaugural twice weekly Brisbane-Phuket service on February 24. Operated by Strategic’s 274-seat two class Airbus A330-200, the flights depart Brisbane on Thursdays and Sundays at 12.05pm, arriving in Phuket at 4.50pm local time. The return flights depart Phuket Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5.50pm, arriving in Brisbane at 6.50am the following day.

Airnorth is set to increase capacity between Perth and Kununurra during the coming dry season with a new Sunday service beginning in the next few months. Airnorth’s traditional Saturday service recommences on March 5, providing a direct regional link between Darwin, Kununurra and Perth. However, this will now be supplemented by  additional Sunday services, starting

Brisbane-based Australian Aerospace’s bid for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) lucrative Air 9000 Phase 8 naval helicopter program has received the backing of Queensland premier Anna Bligh. “In the past 10 years we have created 16,500 aviation, aerospace and defence jobs across Queensland on projects from aircraft design, manufacture, maintenance, modification, repair and overhaul; to

A new look night show spectacular featuring a high energy laser show and flare drop is set dazzle audiences ahead of Avalon’s 2011 Australian International Airshow. Popularly known as ‘Friday Night Alight’, the airshow’s signature event will also feature expected acrobatic performances by military jets and, gliders, and the use of pyrotechnics to cap off

The US Air Force’s fleet of F-22 Raptors will continue to be maintained by Lockheed Martin this year, after the manufacturer received a US$726.6 million contract modification. Lockheed’s new deal for 2011, known as a Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor (FASTeR) sustainment contract, was initially awarded in 2008 with the USAF exercising an option

Embraer has equipped one of its new Phenom 300 jets with a medevac capability after confirming a sale with medical organisation, Amil Assistência Médica on February 18. The deal will see the first Medevac equipped version of Emraer’s Phenom 300 executive jet, which went into operation in Brazil in May 2010. The specially modified Phenom