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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has completed its final report into the accident of a Eurocopter AS350BA in Queensland on September 8 2011, stating the reason for the loss of control that resulted two fatalities could “not be positively established”. The aircraft, VH-RDU of Heli Charters, with a pilot and two passengers on board,

Air New Zealand’s 2013/2014 season of charter services to Japan is set to more than double the number of Japanese visitors to New Zealand this summer. Between December and March the airline will operate 29 charter services to New Zealand from eight Japanese cities. Air New Zealand estimates around 6,000 Japanese visitors will experience the

Boeing projects a demand for 5,580 new airliners in China over the next 20 years. In its newly-released China Current Market Outlook, the manufacturer forecasts the country’s fleet to triple in size, with orders valued at US$780 billion. Long-haul international traffic to and from China is forecasted to grow at an annual rate of 7.2

In the wake of a few years of significantly reduced budgets, a lot has been said of the lack of defence funding. Much of the argument surrounding the spending cuts have called for resourcing in line with what has been in place for the last ten or so years. But we do need to ask

The two Hong Kong-based carriers Cathay Pacific and sister-company Dragonair have formally objected to the Hong Kong government over Jetstar Hong Kong’s application for a licence to operate, stating: “approval of (the) Jetstar Hong Kong application would violate basic law and undermine Hong Kong’s economy”. In strongly worded statements following gazettal by the government of Jetstar’s

Airbus and China’s Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on modernising the country’s Air Traffic Management System and to implement the latest Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies. The MoU focuses on improving capacity and efficiency by harmonising China’s ATM within its own boundaries and with regional air