Australia has joined other jurisdictions including Canada and New Zealand in requiring two people to be in the cockpit of regular public transport (RPT) flights at all times. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss told reporters in Melbourne on Monday Australia’s airlines would immediately implement the two-person rule for
F/A-18A Hornets from 75 Squadron have taken over air combat operations over Iraq from 1 Squadron’s F/A-18F Super Hornets, Defence has announced. The six single-seat F/A-18A ‘classic’ Hornets deployed to Al Minhad Air Base, near Dubai, in early March, and have since been conducting familiarisation flights prior to taking on full operational responsibilities for the RAAF’s
Qantas says yields were up across its domestic and international network in February as the cricket World Cup and the arrival of the Year of the Goat boosted demand for travel. The company reported all its flying units – Qantas Domestic, Qantas International, Jetstar Domestic, Jetstar International and Jestar Asia – achieved higher yields and grew
Regional Express (Rex) says it will further expand its North Queensland operations with a new crew base in Cairns, new flights to Mount Isa and the acquisition of a Townsville-based engineering firm. The airline started its first Cape York service on Monday, with Rex flight ZL5516 taking off from Cairns at 0700 local time bound
The first of two MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ helicopter simulators has been commissioned into service. Minister for Defence Kevin Andrews said in a statement on Friday that the Romeo training system is part of the $3.2 billion project that will deliver 24 naval combat helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy. “The training system will include two
The first C-130H Hercules delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force has celebrated its 50th birthday while on operations supporting the Vanuatu cyclone recovery effort. NZ7001 was the first of five C-130Hs delivered the RNZAF at Whenuapai on March 24 1965. On its 50th birthday, the aircraft was tasked to fly from Suva to Port
