Australia Aviation’s airlines editor Geoffrey Thomas has won Best Safety, Training & Simulation story at the global Aviation Media Awards in London. The award was presented at a gala dinner at the Royal Aeronautical Society headquarters on the Sunday night ahead of the July Farnborough Airshow. Thomas’s article entitled ‘Coming Up Short’, published in the
The Pentagon has announced a partial lifting of flight restrictions on the F-35 Lightning II fleet after engine inspections revealed no systemic issues with the aircraft’s P&W F135 engine. The fleet was grounded following a June 23 engine fire, but flight restrictions including Mach 0.9 speed and -1/+3g limits have been imposed, and engines must be
The order avalanche for new commercial airliner orders and commitments continued on July 15, day two of the biennial Farnborough Airshow. Airbus A320 Family Lessor SMBC Aviation Capital signed a firm order for five current model Airbus A320ceos, and 110 Airbus A320neo Family airliners. The order takes SMBC’s A320 backlog to 206 aircraft. Aircraft financier
Pilot, prolific author and Australian Aviation contributor Owen Zupp completed a flight to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first airmail service in Australia on July 14. Flown in a Jabiru J-230 and escorted by various classic and vintage aircraft throughout the journey, Zupp departed Essendon Airport in Melbourne on July 12, and followed the same
Airbus says its new A330neo range which it launched at the Farnborough Airshow on July 14 will reduce fuel consumption by 14 per cent per seat over its current A330-200 and -300 models, and improve its range by up to 700km while carrying a bigger payload. The company says the new Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines
Embraer has put on display a full-size passenger cabin mock-up of its new E-Jets E2 at the Farnborough Airshow. The cabin was designed by UK design firm Priestmangoode in conjunction with Embraer. It features the familiar 2-2 configuration with but with new slimline 18.3 inch wide seats, new overhead bins that are 40 per cent
