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Perth based Quickstep Holdings has signed a Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) with Northrop Grumman for the manufacture of up to $700 million worth of components for the JSF program. The MLA follows an MoU signed late last year, and provides export approval to Northrop Grumman to start transferring to Quickstep technical information necessary for the

Brisbane Airport has been voted by passengers as the 18th best airport in the world at the 2010 Skytrax World Airport Awards. “We are very proud of this achievement, and to be the only Australian airport listed in the top 25 is very pleasing. These are important awards, voted by the best judges of all –

Garuda Indonesia has appointed Bagus Y Siregar as its senior general manager South West Pacific, based in Sydney. Siregar previously held a number of general manager positions within Garuda. He has been with the airline for 23 years. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of

Boeing and LAN Airlines have reached an agreement which will see the South American airline bring forward delivery of its first 787-8s three years earlier than originally scheduled. The airline will now receive its first Dreamliner in the first half of 2011 rather than 2014, with nine additional deliveries all brought forward.  In total, LAN

Flying Australia’s Antarctic Airlink A319 to the ice Eighty-one years ago a ski-equipped black Lockheed Vega took off from the sea ice on the Antarctic Peninsula on the first flight over the frozen continent. Its pilot, the then famous Australian adventurer Sir Hubert Wilkins, could never have imagined that one day a passenger jet would

SITA’s 2010 Baggage Report has shown a 23.8 per cent fall in mishandled passenger baggage last year, saving the airline industry US$460m (A$494m). “Some of the decline can be attributed to fewer passengers travelling last year but the 2.9 per cent decline in passenger numbers is still far smaller than the 23.8 per cent decline