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AuthorRAAA sceptical about Brisbane regional access
September 23, 2013 6 commentAs Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) moves to more effectively manage heavy peak time congestion, the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has said plans by BAC to encourage regional operators to use larger aircraft as part of congestion-easing measures are “disingenuous given that the market should determine the size of aircraft for a particular route,
Read moreMore than 35 aircraft to participate in International Fleet Review
September 23, 2013 7 commentIn what promises to be one of the most spectacular celebrations of the International Fleet Review to be held between October 3 and 11, more than 35 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft will conduct formation flypasts over Sydney Harbour as a tribute to the Navy’s centenary of service. Headlining the program will be a massed flypast
Read moreSingapore Airlines and India’s Tata to start new airline in India
September 23, 2013 0 commentSingapore Airlines and one of India’s largest private companies, Tata Sons, have signed a memorandum of understanding and applied for Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to establish a new airline in India that will help further stimulate demand for air travel. The move will also give incumbent carriers, particularly Air India, added concern as
Read moreKing Air 250 to tour Australia
September 23, 2013 0 commentBeechcraft distributor Hawker Pacific will showcase the Beechcraft King Air 250 in its first demonstration tour across the Asia-Pacific region. Scheduled to arrive in the region at the end of September, the aircraft will visit New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia before it departs for Indonesia where further demonstrations will be
Read moreFlight Experience partners with Pan Am International Flight Academy
September 23, 2013 0 commentFlight simulator operator Flight Experience has reached a business partnership with Pan Am International Flight Academy, one of the world’s leading pilot training operators. The result of talks over the last 12 months, the partnership will see Flight Experience offering initial pilot training and advanced type ratings to customers planning to pursue a career in aviation. This
Read moreQantas A330s in loss of separation incident
September 21, 2013 0 commentThe ATSB has opened an investigation into what it describes as a serious incident involving the loss of separation between two Qantas A330s 20km west of Adelaide on September 20. Australian Aviation understands the aircraft, A330-220s VH-EBS operating Perth-Sydney and VH-EBO operating Sydney-Perth, came within 700ft of one another vertically and 1.5nm laterally as one aircraft
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