Several flying schools and aviation service providers have teamed with Wings For Kids (WFK) initiative organiser Matilda Air Services to provide children with special needs the opportunity to experience a joyflight in an aircraft or helicopter and a tour of airport facilities. Air BP Moorabbin, Peter Bini’s Flight Training, Helicopter Group, Professional Helicopter Services, Royal
Lockheed Martin says the F-35 flight test fleet remained eight per cent ahead of planned flights for the year to date at the end of August, despite the aircraft’s recent grounding due to the failure of an Integrated Power Pack (IPP) on test aircraft AF-4. F-35s have completed 642 test flights for the year to
Embraer has delivered the 800th E-Jet, with the milestone aircraft handed over to Chinese lessor CDB Leasing Co on September 20. The 800th aircraft, an E-190, will be operated by China Southern Airlines, becoming the third of type in its fleet. An additional four E-190s are expected to enter service with China Southern by the
Bombardier has announced that Hollywood actor John Travolta will become a brand ambassador for the company’s Learjet, Challenger and Global business jet ranges. “John is both a film icon and knowledgeable aviator. He also recently added the Challenger aircraft to the impressive list of 11 different jets he is qualified to fly, an aircraft that
Tiger Airways Australia has announced extra daily return services for its Melbourne to Brisbane and Melbourne to Gold Coast routes, with the airline to operate twice daily return services between Melbourne and the Gold Coast and three times daily Melbourne-Brisbane services from September 22. “The airline is implementing its flight program as planned, focusing on
Airbus’s latest Global Market Forecast predicts worldwide demand for 27,800 airliners (above 100-seats) worth $3.5 trillion over the next 20 years, more than a third of which (34 per cent) will be needed in the Asia-Pacific. That demand will see the global airliner fleet more than double from 15,000 today to 31,500 by 2020, with
