The Brisbane based Airline Academy of Australia has taken delivery of two next generation flight simulators. The US made Redbird FMX simulators are the first Redbird devices to be CASA certified in Australia. Each has quick change cockpit configurations and instrument displays, enabling them to replicate every aircraft in the Air Academy training fleet. The Air
Boeing and CSIRO have launched a year-long study on the potential for growing new feedstocks in northern Queensland that could be turned into sustainable aviation biofuels. The first phase of the study will focus on current and potential biomass production systems based on grasses and fast growing trees that would not disrupt current grazing and
What Airbus describes as “minor cracks” have been discovered in the wings of several of its flagship A380 superjumbo jets. The affected aircraft include the Qantas aircraft, VH-OQA, that suffered a mid-air engine explosion after taking off from Singapore in November 2010. Both Qantas and Airbus say the cracks do not present a safety risk.
A series of record aircraft orders gave Boeing a late year rally against arch-rival Airbus, but the US planemaker still trailed its European rival in both orders and deliveries for 2011. According to figures released by the company on Thursday, Boeing tallied gross orders of 921 aircraft, led by 625 orders for its single aisle
Tiger Airways will add more than 380,000 additional seats in the coming months as the budget carrier looks to find its footing after a disastrous 2011. The extra capacity will be spread over Tiger’s existing network of four routes based out of its Melbourne Airport hub. Melbourne-Sydney will see three additional return flights for a
The NSW government will continue its opposition to a second international airport in Sydney despite reports that a site to the city’s west has emerged as a leading option under a joint federal-state study. According to a report by News Limited, the Nepean option – covering Luddenham, Wallacia and Greendale – has pulled “streets ahead”
