Australian Aviation

The Lufthansa Group’s board has approved the acquisition of 40 Airbus aircraft worth US$4.3bn (A$4.5bn), with the aircraft to be flown by its Lufthansa, Swiss and Germanwings operations. The order, which has yet to be firmed, is for 32 A320 Family aircraft (including eight A319s for Germanwings) and eight A330-300s. Five of the A330s will

The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and, at 346m, still the world’s longest military vessel, celebrates the 50th anniversary since its launch on September 24. But there will be little time for the crew of the Enterprise, the eighth US ship to wear the proud name, to celebrate, as the ship

Cathay Pacific has signed an agreement with Boeing to exercise six options for 777-300ERs which will be delivered between 2013 and 2014. The six new aircraft have an estimated value of US$1.6bn (A$1.7bn) at list prices, and will take Cathay Pacific’s future 777-300ER fleet from 30 to 36. This content is available exclusively to Australian

While it may have been the Farnborough of old with orders flowing the flowing of competitive juices is what the industry should be concerned about. Leasing companies scrambled to buy blocks of aircraft and while aircraft manufacturers cited “pent up demand” one could not help and feel that the industry was slipping back into the

…standing for Brett and (his wife) Zahra Godfrey. BZG is pictured here passing through Nadi, Fiji, on delivery on August 1. (Brian Pine) New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ADU PA‑28RT‑201 Arrow IV 28R‑8018063 9/7/10 Blue Range Aviation, 306 Harpers Rd Barjarg Vic 3723 N81897 AHX Beech A36 Bonanza E‑3063 8/7/10 Aircraft Owner Group,

The Czech government has signed a Declaration of Intent with Embraer which could see it order at least two KC-390 military transport jets and likely to open the way for Czech industry involvement in the program. The signing follows similar interest from Colombia, Chile, Portugal and Argentina for the jet transport, which has been designed