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Qantas will offer its Boeing 767 and 747 pilots voluntary redundancy as the airline retires older aircraft from its fleet. The Australian and International Pilots Association, which represents Qantas pilots, says it will seek a “fair and reasonable” redundancy package for those affected. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

  Hobart Airport has been allocated $38 million over the next three years to extend its runway. 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 on this device. If you

Australia is expected to spend $90 million on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is forecast to spend $60 million on the search for the Boeing 777-200 aircraft over this year and next, the federal budget papers handed down on Tuesday night show. This content is available

Airbus’s first aircraft, the A300, is still going strong 40 years after entering service. Air France placed the first A300B into commercial service four decades ago on May 12 1974. Airbus would go on to build some 878 A300s – the world’s first widebody twin airliner – through until mid-2007, and says more than 400 of

Regional Express’s (Rex) pilot cadet program has been recognised with a workplace development award. The airline took out the innovation and excellence in workforce development gong at the recent Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) annual awards. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Australia’s largest telco Telstra is conducting flight tests that would allow inflight wi-fi access using 4G mobile phone technology. The technology, dubbed ‘Skinet’, uses four specially-built mobile phone tower sites with upwards-facing antennas located underneath the Melbourne-Sydney flightpath and a specially-fitted antenna on the aircraft. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login