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Qantas drops Dubai as it plots an ultra long-haul future When Qantas’s final service from Dubai takes off in late March 2018, it will represent the first time in roughly five years since the Australian flag carrier dropped an international destination from its route network. It was April 2013 when Qantas withdrew from Frankfurt as

When it comes to creating Australia’s next generation air traffic management system, OneSKY is the big one, a pioneering venture which one key player likens to performing a heart and lung transplant to a marathon runner mid-race. AirServices Australia chief executive Jason Harfield said there was only one system in the world that came close

Combat power through organisation, Part I Recent ‘On Target’ columns in Australian Aviation have focused on the aeroplane and its evolution from airborne platform to airborne weapons system, an evolution which has seen lessening incremental gains in platform performance but huge leaps in weapons system capability. Unsurprisingly, these advances in the combat capability of airborne

Fokker 100 continues its reign over Australian regions When the world learned this May that King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands had been moonlighting as a pilot of Dutch-manufactured regional jets for national airline KLM, the Fokker 100 and 70 family of aircraft — relatively rare, globally speaking — was thrust into the spotlight. Yet with

Automation and the dying art of hand-flying The two recent collisions involving US Navy vessels has grabbed headlines and world attention alike. While the investigations and recriminations are underway, one cannot help but draw parallels between aviation and our maritime brethren with some of the discussions that are emerging. Old sailors are citing the loss

Supporting the development of chief pilots AAAA has long understood the critical role a Chief Pilot plays in an aerial work organisation – both as a champion for safety as well as regulating work and mentoring pilots. Having delivered two previous Chief Pilot courses in conjunction with BAE Systems at Tamworth in the early 2000’s,