Australian Aviation

Japanese carrier Fuji Dream Airlines has ordered one 84-seat Embraer E-175 jet. The aircraft has been previously counted in Embraer’s backlog and listed against an unidentified customer. Fuji Dream currently operates a fleet of three E-170s and one E-175, with the new aircraft to enter service before the end of the year. This content is

Raytheon says it has successfully flight tested a new precision Small Tactical Munition (STM) designed specifically for use from UAVs. The STM is 60cm in length and weighs just 6kg, and features a dual mode semiactive laser seeker and GPS guidance system for use against fixed and mobile targets in all weather conditions. This content

Skywest has announced that it will start services from Perth to Ravensthorpe as well as add jets to its Perth-Geraldton services. Subject to regulatory approval, Skywest will start four times weekly services between Perth and Ravensthorpe from November 15, with the flights operating on a Perth-Esperance-Ravensthorpe-Perth routing. Currently, Ravensthrope only receives charter flights on behalf

The decisions by the ACCC and the US Department of Transport to initially reject Virgin Blue’s application for alliances with Air New Zealand and Delta Airlines are disturbing. It would appear that both regulators guidelines do not reflect the harsh realities of today’s airline world, although there are also on the surface strange inconsistencies that

The Army’s two CH-47D Chinooks of the Rotary Wing Group detachment based at Kandahar, Afghanistan, returned home on board two RAAF C-17 transports earlier this month. Since deploying earlier this year, the two Chinooks flew 737 hours over 860 sorties, and carried 4700 troops and 691,000kg of supplies and equipment in support of the International

The Ipswich Art Gallery will be dedicated to an exhibition of F-111 artefacts and memorabilia from late November to coincide with the retirement of the aircraft from RAAF service on December 3. The gallery says “stories of the crews, pilots and designers will feature alongside drawings, mementos and some rare photographs.” This content is available