Year: 2018

Well played Is there a pilot shortage? It’s a question that seems to confront the aviation industry with semi-regularity every decade or so. And in the past while there have been cyclical pressures on pilot numbers, invariably the airline industry, at least in Australia and New Zealand, could rely upon the next economic downturn, with

If you can’t ride the lows, then you don’t deserve the highs The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season has been nothing short of a rollercoaster for our team. We began the year in Abu Dhabi with a heavy race plane, yet still netted a solid fifth place. Then we scored back-to-back wins

TAP Portugal has become the first airline to take delivery of an A330neo after accepting A330-900 at Airbus’ Toulouse headquarters.

Sydney Airport says about 250 people took part it its fourth annual Runway Run that helps raise money for Cure Cancer Australia.

ADBR managing editor Andrew McLaughlin has taken out the Australasian Aviation Press Club (AAPC) journalist of the year award for 2018.

The long-haul, low-cost carrier has been an Australasian and Asia Pacific success story, as a region with exploding travel demand meets the needs of a widening range of passengers with new generations of aircraft – plus new takes on what an airline is, and how to run it