Year: 1990

Will Aeroflot Be Privatised Before Qantas? The Labor Party’s wafer thin March election victory may have been good news for the party but, beneath the veneer of confidence displayed for the media, lies a major battle between the various factions over that perennial ALP bogey man – privatisation. The PM set the pace within days

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Qantas Flies Into the Nineties With New Generation Simulators After much-publicised delays, Qantas is finally utilising its new 747-400 flight simulator. The airline will soon have another and will also upgrade its 7 47-400 fixed-base unit to a full flight simulator this year, giving it a total of three -400 flight simulators. In full ‘flight’

Air NZ and BA in Partnership Air New Zealand and British Airways have agreed on a commercial alliance aimed at easing difficulties flying between the northern and southern hemispheres. The deal provides what the two airlines describe as ‘seamless connections’ between the two companies’ flights. It also enables the airlines to offer around the world

Grob G 115 The history of postwar light aircraft manufacturing is littered with the bodies of interesting European and English single engined trainers which have failed to achieve their potential in the commercial sense against the might of American manufacturers. Some excellent types have achieved brief production runs before their parent company has folded –

Victoria- Airspace and Airports Planning Forges Ahead The Port Phillip Region Airport and Airspace Study The joint CommonwealthNictorian State investigation into air traffic/airport distribution announced in August last year, is now well under way. The first round of consultation with the many interested parties is complete and the Committee has retired to consider the options