Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that the third and final G250 to be involved in the flight test program has made its first flight from Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. The aircraft took off from Ben Gurion on June 28 at 10:30am local time and undertook a 2 hour and 56 minute flight which saw the aircraft
A new report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that international passenger traffic growth in April slowed compared to previous months, but remained robust. For the month, passenger traffic increased by 4.2 per cent to 2.059 million passengers, making it the first month since September 2009 to record growth under
Airbus and Boeing have traded claims after a judging panel of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) issued its ruling that some aid given to Airbus in the development of the A380 was illegal and must end. “This is a landmark decision and sweeping legal victory over the launch aid subsidies that fuelled the rise of
The University of Wollongong’s International School of Aviation Australia is holding its first open day for prospective students on July 4 from 10am to 2pm. The open day is a free event and will consist of school tours, career guidance presentations, chats with current staff and students and free instructional joy flights. ISAA, which was
Strategic Airlines has announced that it will add one additional service on the protected Perth-Derby route from August 4. The new service will be operated by a 156-seat, two class A320 on Wednesdays. It will lift the number of frequencies on the route to four per week. Strategic’s head of commercial Damien Vasta said that
The Project Air 5376 Phase 3.2 program to replace fuselage centre barrel structural components on the RAAF’s fleet of F/A-18A/B Hornets has officially wrapped up following the handing back of the 10th Hornet to be rebuilt by BAE Systems Australia to the RAAF. Originally planned to encompass up to 49 Hornets, the centre barrel replacement
