Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens has told financial analysts in the US that the three F-35B STOVL test aircraft based at NAS Patuxent River are not meeting their flight test schedule due to parts failures. Stevens said the flight test schedule was running 21 flights behind the 95 the company had hoped to have achieved
Indonesian carrier Batavia Air is planning to launch flights from Denpasar to Perth, while it is also looking to fly to Melbourne and Sydney. Batavia has not yet announced a start date for the services, but it is expected to soon launch daily flights between Perth and Denpasar utilising Airbus A319s, which would make it
Singapore Airlines has announced that it will operate a second daily A380 service on the Singapore-Sydney route during the northern winter scheduling season. The 471-seat A380 will operate on SQ231/222 in place of a 278-seat Boeing 777-300ER from October 31. Despite the increase in capacity, SIA will still operate four daily services between Singapore and
The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched an investigation into an incident where the crew of a Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 elected to takeoff from Queenstown at a time when it was not permitted to due to the airport’s stringent operating criteria. The aircraft was operating a flight from Queenstown to Sydney with
ExecuJet has announced that Darren McGoldrick was appointed as its managing director Asia Pacific, effective from July 1. McGoldrick previously held the role of deputy managing director with responsibility for the support operations of ExecuJet in Australia.
Sikorsky says its X2 technology demonstrator unofficially broke the world speed record for helicopters on July 26 when it reached 225kt (417km/h) during a one hour flight. The speed beats the official record of 216kt recorded by a Westland Lynx in 1986, but will not be recognised as an official record until witnessed by an
