The RAAF’s Heron remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) detachment’s mission to Afghanistan has ended following the final mission being flown on November 30. The detachment was established at Kandahar in August 2009 following a rapid acquisition program called Project Nankeen which resulted in the IAI Heron being selected through an initial partnership with the Canadian forces,
Badly needed reforms to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) have taken a “critical first step” with the appointment of three new directors to the board, an aviation industry group says. Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia (AAAA) chief executive Phil Hurst says the addition of Anita Taylor, Ian Smith and Murray Warfield to what will
Captain Georgina Sutton will become the first female chief pilot for a major Australian airline when she takes up the post with Jetstar Australia and New Zealand in February. Sutton is leaving Qantas, where she is currently the Boeing 767 fleet captain, and moving to Melbourne for the chief pilot role at the Qantas-owned low-cost carrier.
Jetstar Japan will start international flights from February 28 2015 as the low-cost carrier builds up its newly opened Osaka base with a daily service to Hong Kong. The new route will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft, with Hong Kong Jetstar Japan’s first international destination since the airline began operations in 2012. The start
The federal government has accepted all but five of the 37 recommendations from the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) and called for Australia’s aviation regulators to work more closely together and improve their relationship with industry. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss says the ASRR report, which was written
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss wants the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to take another look at the Pel-Air Westwind corporate jet ditching off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009. Truss told parliament a review of the ATSB’s investigation of the accident by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada
