Australia's Matt Hall has finished second in the Red Bull Air Race event in Kazan, two-tenths of a second behind race winner Yoshihide Muroya of Japan.

A detailed initial preliminary report by Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) has revealed key information about the final minutes of the ill-fated Sukhoi Superjet 100, Aeroflot flight SU1492, that crashed and burned at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on May 5.

This January/February 2012 Australian Aviation feature about the 1,000th Boeing 777 delivery coincides with the 25-year anniversary of the program's flight.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has renamed its MRJ program as the SpaceJet and announced a revamp of the MRJ70 alongside an evaluation of adding 100-seat regional jet to the lineup.