Embraer reports there is strong interest for the Phenom 100 very light jet in Australia and the region following a successful sales tour of the type in February and before that, the aircraft’s display at the Singapore Airshow. Phenom 100 PP-XOQ, a company demonstrator based in Brazil, is mid-way through a 10 week tour of
EADS has issued a statement urging caution on drawing conclusions from the issuing of a letter by A400M partner nations on the future of the troubled program. The company says it is too early to draw financial conclusions from the contents of the letter in which the partner nations proposed the additional financial commitments they
AA’s Owen Zupp’s 2010 flight around Australia is growing closer by the day with the departure date set at May 5 from Jabiru’s Bundaberg facility. Planning is at a feverish pace, though the most significant development stems from the production of the flight’s Jabiru J230D. Just over two weeks into the process, the high-wing tourer
Pilatus is currently undertaking a month long demonstration tour of Australia with its PC-21 turboprop military trainer, a contender for the ADF’s Project Air 5428 Pilot Training System program. PC-21 HB-HZD arrived in Darwin on February 11 after being displayed at the Singapore Airshow. Its tour so far has seen it visit Amberley, Tamworth (home
New data from BITRE shows that the number of passengers who travelled domestically in 2009 was the same as the previous year despite a marginal rise during the month of December. During December 4.29 million passengers were carried domestically, which was a 1.1 per cent increase over the same time during the previous year. Revenue
Turkey and Australia have signed a new bilateral air services agreement, effectively opening the way for direct flights between the two countries for the first time. The arrangements will immediately allow carriers to launch up to five times weekly services between the two countries, as well as allowing for codeshare arrangements with other airlines through
