Australian Aviation

Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan on the drive for efficiency and scale In the noise surrounding Qantas’s big profit fall for the first half of the current financial year, the startling financial success of its Jetstar subsidiary became a little lost. “It’s about that continuous virtuous circle of lower costs leads to lower fares which leads

Evergreen International Airlines has launched a US$175m (A$189m) lawsuit against Boeing after the aircraft manufacturer contracted Atlas Air to operate its four 747 Dreamlifter aircraft. Evergreen has filed the suit in the federal court in Seattle, alleging bad faith and breach of contract, after Boeing gave notice to Oregon based Evergreen that it would switch

The second Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 Texan II production representative test vehicle (PRTV) has made its first flight fitted with a new Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-68D engine with 1600shp (1195kW). The aircraft is a structurally strengthened version of the popular T-6B advanced trainer, developed specifically to meet a growing requirement in the US and

The Obama administration released its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) on April 6 which is designed to reduce the number and types of nuclear weapons in the US arsenal. The review will see the US continue to strengthen its conventional capabilities and reduce the role of its nuclear weapons in deterring non-nuclear attacks, with the administration saying

Speculation is mounting that Embraer is looking at developing an aircraft larger than the E-195 after the Brazilian manufacturer announced a reshuffle of its executive management team. The biggest change is the appointment of Mauro Kern, who was previously the company’s executive vice president, airline market, to the new role of executive vice president, new

The Qantas Group saw an increase in revenue seat factor during February, primarily driven by stronger domestic traffic. Overall, the Group posted a seat factor of 79.4, up one percentage point on the same time last year. Passenger numbers increased by 14.2 per cent, which lifted revenue passenger kilometres by 3.8 per cent. Total group