Boeing says the Asia Pacific region will need to train hundreds of thousands of new pilots and maintainers over the next 20 years to meet the meet the demands of airline fleet modernisation and the growth of air travel. The company’s Pilot & Technician Outlook is the latest study to raise concerns about a shortfall
The federal government’s Future Fund will pay $2 billion to take over a collection of infrastructure assets that includes stakes in a number of Australian airports. The $77 billion investment fund, set up to help cover the cost of public sector pensions, will buy out the assets of the Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX), which includes
Sydney Airport has reported revenue and passenger growth over the first half of 2012 thanks to a trickle of new international services. Revenue for the six months ending in June rose 6.6 per cent to $503.6 million while passenger traffic ticked up 1.6 per cent to 17.7 million, the airport said. Sydney Airport Ltd, which
The Australian Aviation Hall of Fame will induct an inaugural class of nine aviators at its first annual gala dinner in Wagga Wagga on September 15. The inductees include box kite pioneer Lawrence Hargrave, Bert Hinkler, Lores Bonney, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Sir Ross and Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, Reginald and John Duigan, Sir Norman
Disorientation amid poor weather has been blamed for the fatal helicopter crash that killed a Sydney businessman and his pilot in July 2011. A mechanical failure had initially been suspected as the cause of the crash after witnesses reported seeing parts of the helicopter’s tail section flying loose moments before it went down in bushland
The instrument landing system for Perth Airport’s main runway will receive an overhaul starting this week. The work will include the replacement of the localiser antenna arrays at each end of runway 03/21. Airsevices’ indicative dates for the upgrade see RWY 21’s localiser out of action during work hours only from August 22 to September
