Regional Express (Rex) has been ranked the highest of all regional airlines by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine for the sixth year in a row in its annual ranking of the Top Performing Airlines in the world. The rankings are based on four areas – financial health, earnings performance, capital efficiency and business model
The AusIMM – The Minerals Institute has recognised the Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Program for improving the safety of chartered resource support charter flight operations. The Australian-led initiative was awarded the Jim Torlach Health and Safety Award in recognition of the BARS program which evaluates contracted aircraft operations used extensively for
The troubled Bombardier CSeries test program has been halted after a reported uncontained engine failure on its FTV1 lead test and development aircraft on May 29. A report in the Wall Street Journal on May 30 says the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failed during ground runs, and debris was seen coming out of the
Air New Zealand has announced it is ordering 13 Airbus A320neo aircraft, including no fewer than three A321neos, which will be used to operate trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services from late 2017. The order for 13 A320neos plus a single standard A320 to join the airline’s domestic fleet was announced by Air New Zealand CEO
Qantas has unveiled a specially marked QantasLink 717 to mark the transition from Qantas mainline to QantasLink operated services to Tasmania. In January Qantas announced plans transition its Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart services from mainline 737s and QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 turboprops to QantasLink 717s, which are operated on Qantas’s behalf under a contract
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown has launched an ambitious plan to achieve new levels of efficiency and operational flexibility in the RAAF and broader ADF to maximise the potential offered by the fifth generation F-35 and other new capabilities into the future. In a speech at a Williams Foundation dinner attended by high-level
