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Qantas Begins Sydney – Beijing Flights
Qantas Sydney – Beijing flights take off in time for Chinese New Year 25 January 2017 Qantas’ new flights to Beijing take off today, helping power the Australia-China travel boom and marking the next step in the national carrier’s Chinese growth strategy. Beijing is Qantas’ third destination in Greater China, joining Shanghai and Hong Kong. […]

FAI World Gliding Championships Conclude
FAI World Gliding Championships in Australia ends on a high 23 January 2017 A hard two-week battle in Australian skies sees three new chamions win gold at the FAI World Gliding Championships in Benalla. Three new FAI Gliding World Champions were crowned in Australia on Sunday 22 January 2017 – bringing to a close a […]

B747-400 Firebomber Approved
B747-400 Firebomber Approved Global SuperTanker Services, LLC’s high capacity, rapid response aerial firefighting technology received interim approval from the U.S. Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) on January 6. The interim approval will allow the tanker to be considered for critical federal, state, and international firefighting contracts ahead of the 2017 forest fire season. Global SuperTanker’s B747-400, […]

Aussie ADG Skyrockets with Virgin Galactic Win
Absolute Data Group’s S1000D software to support Virgin Galactic’s human spaceflight systems ADG wins Virgin Galactic software Contract 19 January 2017— Whilst most small companies were taking a break over Christmas, Brisbane-based Absolute Data Group (ADG) was busy training Virgin Galactic staff in using its highly regarded technical publishing software, following the news they had […]

RAAF KC-30A Support Programme
Paris, Amstelveen, Sydney, 18 January 2017 KC-30A Support Programme Services include component support solutions, auxiliary power unit and CF6-80E1 engine test, repair and overhaul. Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services (IDS), a fully-owned Australian subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has signed an agreement with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) […]

ALMDS Achieves IOC With US Navy
IOC for US Navy AN/AES-1 ALMDS (Airborne Laser Mine Detection System) 12 January 2017 The US Navy’s AN/AES-1 ALMDS (Airborne Laser Mine Detection System), designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation has achieved Initial Operational Capability. ALMDS provides rapid wide-area reconnaissance and assessment of mine threats in sea lanes, littoral zones, confined straits, choke points […]

CAE To Support NFTC To 2023
CAE to support NFTC (NATO Flying Training in Canada) through 2023 12 January 2017 CAE today announced that the Government of Canada has formally modified the contract for the NFTC (NATO Flying Training in Canada) programme and will now utilise the programme through at least 2023. The original NFTC 20-year contract was scheduled to expire […]

GoAir Orders 72 A320neo
GoAir firms contract for 72 A320neo aircraft 11 January 2017 GoAir, a Wadia Group company, has penned a firm contract for 72 A320neo aircraft following its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during the Farnborough International Airshow. The agreement reached on 30th December 2016, doubles GoAir’s firm order book for the aircraft type to 144. GoAir […]

CAE Wins Further US Army Contract
CAE wins US$450 million US Army rotary-wing flight training contract 12 January 2017 CAE today announced that CAE USA has been awarded a United States Army contract to provide rotary-wing flight training instructor support services. Under terms of the contract, which was awarded as a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for over US$50 million for the transition and […]

First Airbus A321 For Iran Air
Iran Air takes delivery of first of 100 Airbus aircraft 11 January 2017 Iran Air has taken delivery of its first new aircraft, an A321, in a handover ceremony in Toulouse with Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air chairman and CEO, and Fabrice Bregier, president, Airbus Commercial Aircraft and Chief Operating Officer Airbus, in the presence of […]