Aviation/Aerospace Australia is calling for nominations for its first annual Airspace Leadership and Excellence Awards, which will be presented to individuals, teams and companies who have “demonstrated leadership and dedication to the aviation or aerospace sectors in Australia”. The awards will be presented at an industry dinner on October 17 at the Melbourne Exhibition and
Airbus A350 development aircraft MSN5 has completed the Australasian legs of its round-the-world route proving flight, departing Auckland for Santiage on Wednesday evening. The aircraft, registered F-WWYB, flew into Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday evening, landing at 1839 after a two hour 18 minute trans-Tasman crossing. The aircraft was then shown to media and industry
While there has been a bit of a drop off in mining of late, there is still plenty of activity that will support fly-in/fly-out operators, industry players say. The changes in the resources industry has been described as a construction sunset and production sunrise. However, with a number of new projects still in the pipeline, there
Tigerair Australia chief executive Rob Sharp believes there is enough demand in Western Sydney for the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek and the low-cost carrier is keen to fly there. Sharp says Tigerair supports a second airport being built in Sydney. “At the end of the day it is not the airport that attracts us,
A C-130J Hercules flypast will be a highlight of a reunion being held in Coffs Harbour this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the deployment of the first RAAF personnel to the Vietnam war with the establishment of the RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam. The RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam (RTFV) was formed at Vung Tau
Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9 will take off on its first commercial flight at 0900 Auckland time on Saturday. Flight NZ103 on Saturday, August 9, has been confirmed as the Dreamliner’s revenue service debut in Air NZ colours, according to flight schedules published by the Airline Route website. The flight was due to land in
