The first wing for the A350 XWB has arrived at Airbus’s final assembly line in Toulouse, France. The wing will form part of a static test airframe currently under construction. At 32 metres long and six metres wide, it is the largest single aviation part made from carbon fibre composite materials, Airbus says. Airbus announced
Bundaberg’s CQUniversity Australia and the Australian Flight Academy (AFA) have teamed up to launch a new commercial pilot training program as part of CQUniversity’s undergraduate aviation programs. The program, which includes about 200 hours of flight time, will be combined with CQUniversity’s current Diploma of Aviation Theory in a 52-week course. It includes training up
Airbus has released an updated Global Market Forecast predicting a need for 28,200 commercial aircraft worth nearly US$4 trillion over the next 20 years. The prediction is a slight upward revision from last year, when Airbus predicted a need for 27,800 aircraft over the next two decades. The forecast includes passenger and freighter aircraft of
Gulfstream’s new G280 business jet has received type certification from the FAA and the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel, clearing the way for first delivery by the end of the year. A joint venture between Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace Industries, the G280 offers a range of 3,600nm (6,667km) at Mach 0.80 and is advertised as
Today’s announcement and signing of the historic alliance agreement between Qantas and Emirates represents a seismic shift in the dynamics of the Australian airline market, both from the customer and the airline business perspectives. At a quick glance today’s announcement appears both a win-win for Qantas as a business and for Qantas’s customers, and also
Back in 1996, Qantas’s codesharing deal with an upstart Middle Eastern carrier called Emirates came and went with barely a notice. How times change. In those days, Qantas was one of the world’s top airlines by any measure. Air Transport World ranked it as the world’s best in 1995, while IATA rated it the world’s
