The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) has offered its support to Qantas’s campaign to change the Qantas Sale Act amended, with the caveat that any increased investment that would flow from easing of the Act’s restrictions be directed to the airline’s Australian operations. In a statement AIPA, the Qantas pilots union, notes that rapid
A military exercise between the RAAF and Indonesian air force has been suspended as differences wage between the Australian and Indonesian governments over intelligence gathering. Exercise Elang AusIndo, which got underway on November 19, has been put on hold following the Indonesian president’s decision to suspend cooperation with Australia on illegal immigration. The exercise involved eight
Virgin Australia (VA) has suspended consideration of its future widebody fleet requirements because, as CEO John Borghetti said at the company’s annual general meeting on November 20: “We have lots of things that we are working on and frankly there’s no urgency in it.” Borghetti has never placed the fleet replacement strategy at the top
Bell Helicopter has delivered the first example of its new Bell 412EPI. Abu Dhabi Aviation will use the aircraft for offshore oilfield support in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Aviation is the first commercial operator in the world to purchase a Bell 412EPI. The company has been operating Bell Helicopter aircraft for more than 30 years,
The ADF’s Heron remotely piloted aircraft has achieved 20,000 flying hours during operations in Afghanistan. The Heron Detachment, based at Kandahar Air Field, is made up of personnel from the three Services and is supported by contractors and locally-engaged employees. Read more about the Heron and UAVs in ADF service in the December issue of
The war of words between Virgin Australia and Qantas over the former’s $350 rights issue has taken a new turn with Virgin Australia chairman Neil Chatfield revealing today that his company is considering legal action against Qantas. “While I am not going to waste any more of our shareholders’ time today by giving their [Qantas’s]
