Year: 2023

The airline has selected the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) version of the ALIA battery-electric aircraft for its fleet, with the first expected to be in service for cargo flights with NZ Post by 2026. Air New Zealand has a firm order for one ALIA, with options for an extra two and rights for a further 20.

Bonza has already axed all Gold Coast–Darwin flights for December, with the route to now launch on 2 January. Other Gold Coast routes, including Melbourne’s Avalon Airport and Cairns, have been delayed indefinitely while CASA’s approval process continues for its wet-lease agreement with Flair.

In a significant intervention as part of its submission responding to the Aviation Green Paper, the peak body for airports appeared to accuse domestic airlines of slot hoarding and endorsed a Senate inquiry’s recommendation for the ACCC to look into the sector.

In this special episode, we listen to a panel discussing the government’s aviation white paper, hosted by Adam Thorn.

Max York, who previously led GE’s commercial aviation activities in the Asia-Pacific region and has also served as a commander in the Australian Navy, joins AMSL co-founders Andrew Moore and Siobhan Lyndon as they prepare to bring the Vertiia eVTOL aircraft to market in Australia and overseas.

In September 1977, Jim Thorn launched the first issue of what was then known as Australian Aviation & Defence Review. Now we’re attempting to digitise our history in full.