Year: 2015

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed Australia will acquire two additional Boeing C-17 airlifters. The Royal Australian Air Force’s 36 Squadron already operates a fleet of six C-17 Globemasters from its Amberley base, with the seventh to be delivered in July/August and the eighth aircraft to be delivered by the end of this year, the Prime

Air New Zealand will fly three times a week between Auckland and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast during the summer holidays in an expanded seasonal schedule. The airline currently operates a winter seasonal service on the route between June and October, and is adding a summer season with flights starting on December 13 and running until the

Qantas is celebrating a half century of jet flights to New Zealand, which started on April 10 1965 when a Boeing 707 touched down at Christchurch Airport in front of about 10,000 onlookers. The Boeing 707, which had 20 first and 84 economy class seats, replaced the turboprop Lockheed Electra aircraft on the route. This content is

Airservices has received a Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) award for its approach to recruiting and training air traffic controllers. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in

Showing Australian aviation innovation While the pictures that were beamed around the world from the recently-concluded Avalon Airshow undoubtedly focused on the spectacular flying displays, there was just as much action happening away from the flight line. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition draws big crowds because of the array of historic,

Travellers at the nation’s four largest airports have experienced little to no improvement in the passenger experience despite ever increasing profits, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says. The competition regulator’s Airport Monitoring Report for 2013/14 says Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney airports achieved increases in aeronautical revenues in real terms, both in total