Investigators at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) did not follow proper process and had poor oversight during an investigation into the ditching of a Pel-Air Westwind aircraft off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009, a report says. The conclusions are found in the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) review of the ATSB
Fuel surcharges should be lowered in line with the recent declines in the price of fuel, a consumer group says. Choice head of media Tom Godfrey says airlines should pass on any savings they get from lower fuel prices to consumers. “Continuing to charge a surcharge when prices are no longer high seems a bit
A new Arvo RJ85 for Cobham Aviation Services has arrived in Australia. The aircraft, registered G-CDYK and painted in the new Cobham colours, touched down at Adelaide shortly after midday on Monday. It will now undergo some maintenance work in Adelaide before it is ferried to Western Australia to start work flying to Gold Fields
NSW Police has added a Bell 412EPI and a Cessna Grand Caravan EX to its aviation support branch. Named PolAir 5 and PolAir 7, the pair was inducted into service at Bankstown Airport on Sunday, boosting the aviation support branch’s fleet to five helicopters and two fixed-wing aircraft. It was the largest fleet of police
Canberra Airport has said farewell to the Qantas Boeing 767 after the airline operated its last flight with the twin-aisle aircraft to the national capital on Sunday night. The countdown to the eventual exit of all 767-300ERs from the Qantas fleet on December 27 is well and truly underway, with the Flying Kangaroo down to five operating
Jetgo’s first scheduled regular public transport (RPT) flight has landed at Gladstone Airport. Flight JG70 took off from Sydney Airport at 0610 local time on Monday bound for the Queensland port city, where it landed about 90 minutes later. The aircraft, a 36-seat Embraer ERJ 135 jet, was greeted by an Airservices ARFF water cannon salute as
