Friday marked the first full week of the Borghetti era at Virgin Blue, and indications are that changes are already happening, particularly within the Virgin Village, with at least one senior executive announcing their resignation. Long serving head of public affairs Heather Jeffrey finished up on Friday after five years, and will be succeeded by
CASA is taking action to resolve uncertainty over the responsibilities of operators and third party pilot training providers as a result of the ATSB investigation into a hard landing experienced by a National Jet operated QantasLink Boeing 717 at Darwin Airport in February 2008. In the findings of the ATSB’s final report, which was released
Strategic Airlines has announced that it will operate flights from Brisbane and Melbourne to Port Hedland from August, making it the second carrier to link major WA resources centres with the East Coast. From August 3, the carrier will operate weekly between Brisbane and Port Hedland, with the intention of taking it to twice weekly
Two captains from All Nippon Airlines became the first customer pilots to fly the Boeing 787 on May 12, taking flight test aircraft ZA001 on a 1 hour 40 minute flight over Washington state. Flying the aircraft were Capt Masayuki Ishii, director of 787 pre-operations planning, and Capt Masami Tsukamoto, manager of 787 pre-operations, while
Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that he is reintroducing legislation covering controversial new regulations which would limit access to an aircraft’s flightdeck during flight, despite the same regulations being voted down by the Senate last year. Under the proposed legislation, which would take effect from May 22, only the operating pilots and those with
CHC Helicopter has appointed Rick Burt, currently senior vice president of Canada’s Cougar Helicopters, as managing director of its Australian operations as it seeks to grow its local business units while aligning them more closely with CHC’s global operations. “We are delighted to have someone with Rick’s scope and experience join CHC Helicopter,” said Christine
