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News briefs from across aviation   VIRGIN AUSTRALIA NEWS Virgin Australia said on June 12 John Borghetti planned to step down as chief executive some time in the next 18 months after eight years in the role. His successor will be just the third chief executive since the airline was formed in 2000. Borghetti had

From agriculture, Amazon deliveries to aerial taxis, the commercial use of drones is set to explode The imagery was outstanding and the endorsement priceless when Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed hopped into the cabin of an autonomous passenger drone – flying taxi to you and me – for a five minute flight 200 metres

Aviation is rarely presented as an attractive and achievable career option Aviation’s representation in mainstream media and education, or lack thereof, is inhibiting females from realising that becoming a pilot is within their capabilities. One cannot simply catch the “flying” bug if their environment never delivers the inducive conditions. I am a young student pilot

Qantas declines no-frills tickets… for now It seems like every month or so another full-fare, full-service airline announces that it is launching a “basic economy” fare product to compete with the rise of low-cost carriers, especially the new breed of low-cost, long-haul airline like Jetstar’s 787 operation, Singapore Airlines’ Scoot, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and so

HNA Group is restructuring, but what does it mean for Virgin Australia? Who controls Hainan Airlines, the flagship operation of China’s HNA Group, which paid A$159 million for a 13 percent stake in Virgin Australia (VA) back in 2016? That’s the question that has been puzzling observers in recent times as HNA, based on Hainan

Australia is building its future air power capabilities around the F-35. What future threats might the fifth-gen fighter face? As tensions rise over China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, Australian deploys a squadron of F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs), to the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth. This is a location very