Air New Zealand has announced that current chair and chief executive of KPMG, Jan Dawson, will join the airline’s board on April 1. Dawson has more than 30 years experience as a lead audit partner with several major companies in New Zealand, as well as experience in the UK and Canada. The appointment coincides with
GippsAero has announced two improvements to its GA8 design, an increased maximum takeoff weight, and a floatplane variant. The increased MTOW, which covers both standard and turbocharged GA8 models, allows an increase in useful load by 91kg and has received CASA approval. All new Airvans from serial #163 onwards will be delivered with an increased
Organisers of Avalon’s Australian International Airshow 2011 have been “delighted” with a strong crowd turnout at this year’s event, highlighting the possibility of a potential record figure. “While we won’t know final figures for a little while, we do expect our total attendances across the full six trade and public days of the event to
The Emergency Management Queensland Helicopter Rescue (EMQHR) service has received a major international award – Rescue of the Year – in recognition of its herculean relief efforts during January’s Queensland floods. The award was accepted on behalf of EMQ by Brisbane-based pilot Peter Row during a helicopter rescue conference in Orlando, Florida. Row personally led
Boeing has begun ‘change incorporation’ work on customer 787s ahead of final certification and delivery of the delayed twinjet. Flying in to Boeing’s Global Services & Support (GSS) site in San Antonio, Texas, on March 4, Aircraft#23 (for Japan Air Lines) is the first 787 which will undergo change incorporation work there, which will include
QantasLink will add almost 5000 extra seats per week to its regional Queensland network with the deployment of another Bombardier Q400 to Queensland from April 6. The towns of Barcaldine, Blackall, Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, Longreach, Mackay, Moranbah, Rockhampton and Roma are all set to benefit from the additional services to and from Brisbane.
