In what is claimed as a world first, a website has been launched detailing in-depth professional analysis and reviews of the safety and products of more than 400 airlines as well as information on more than 30 of the most popular types of airliners. airlineratings.com was created by Australian Aviation columnist and feature writer Geoffrey Thomas.
Bombardier projects a need for 24,000 business jets and 12,800 commercial aircraft in the 20-149-seat category over the next 20 years. The figures are part of the manufacturer’s recently released official 20-year market forecasts. The company expects business and commercial aircraft markets to continue to recover from industry downturn, with signs of forward momentum beginning
Team CLiMA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology were runners-up in this year’s Airbus Fly Your Ideas global competition, winning a prize of €15,000 for their proposal to develop aircraft fuelled by a blend of sustainably produced liquefied biomethane and liquefied natural gas (Bio-LNG). A team of students from the University of São Paulo
Airbus’s A350 XWB program has kicked off a 2,500 hour flight test program with a successful first flight on June 14. A350-900 MSN001 F-WXWB took off from Runway 32 Left from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport at 1000 local time, landing four hours and five minutes later at 1405 after a near flawless first flight that saw the
The integration of merged Brindabella Airlines and Aeropelican takes its final step on June 24 when the 42 year-old Aeropelican name is removed from aircraft and marketing collateral. The fleet will be rebranded as Brindabella Airlines and marketed under the FQ flight designator. The association with Qantas will be maintained. The move completes the merging of
Preliminary financial performance figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show the region’s carriers achieved US$5.2 billion in combined net profits in 2012, 6.7 per cent above the reported results for 2011. Sustained growth in passenger traffic helped mitigate what the AAPA called a challenging operating environment marked by prolonged weakness in
