Australian Aviation

When we asked him about the possibility of any additional Super Hornets being acquired for the RAAF at last July’s rollout of the first RAAF jet in St Louis, Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Mark Binskin responded with an emphatic “No!” At the time, CAF was adamant that 24 Super Hornets operating in conjunction with

Dc6b For Australian Joy Flight Visit The last DC6B built is to visit Australia next year to help celebrate Australia’s 100th anniversary of powered flight. The big Douglas airliner is to come to Australia from Africa where it is registered as V5-NCG in Namibia. Photos show the aircraft with a single isle and nicely decked

The High Court in London has granted an injunction which will block cabin crew at British Airways from staging a number of strikes planned for late May and early June. The Court agreed with an argument put forward by BA that the union organising the strike, Unite, had failed to provide the breakdown of a

Japan Air Lines and Air New Zealand are the latest airlines to face prosecution from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s long running investigation into air freight surcharges. Both airlines are accused of entering into arrangements with other carriers regarding fuel and security surcharges on air cargo between 2002 and 2006. Both carriers are

Emirates vice president of Australia Stephen Pearse has resigned from the airline to pursue other interests, the company announced on May 18. Richard Jewsbury, Emirates’s senior vice president, commercial operations, Far East & Australasia said, “During Stephen’s tenure since January 2007, Emirates has significantly grown its presence in the market, with increased services to our

The US House Armed Services Committee has added funding for the GE/RR F136 engine for the JSF program to the FY011 US defence budget after funding was omitted by the Pentagon, the fifth year in a row this has been done. The US$485m (A$553m) in funds would allow development of the F136 engine to continue.