neo era or MAXed out?

August 19, 2016 0 comment

Airbus A320neo family starts at passenger experience advantage to 737 MAX At the Farnborough Air Show this year, the size of the re-engined narrowbody market was truly highlighted by both Boeing and Airbus, with their market forecasts suggesting that the majority of their business for the next 20 years will be of the narrowbody size.

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A vision realised

August 16, 2016 0 comment

Closing the air-sea gap Australian air power has always had a distinct maritime focus. Sir Richard Williams, the RAAF’s founding father, established the importance of the sea to Australian airmen when he stated in 1925 that, “Australia’s first requirement is to provide itself with an Air Force capable of defeating that which might be brought

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Preflight

August 16, 2016 0 comment

Australian aviation news & views Bounce back Will Qantas reward shareholders with dividend? Qantas is poised to potentially deliver more returns to shareholders when it hands down what is expected to be a bumper full year profit. The airline group returned some $1 billion to shareholders in the recently concluded financial year, comprising a $505

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No pain no gain

August 16, 2016 0 comment

In defence of risk in defence acquisitions The RAAF likes to call it the “tanker of choice”. The RAAF has had one KC-30A tanker transport deployed in the Middle East in support of operations over Iraq and Syria since September 2014, in which time it has offloaded over 50 million pounds (nearly 23,000 tonnes) of

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Inbox

August 16, 2016 0 comment

  First RAAF F-35 squadron CO named Toby says: I hope I don’t sound stupid for saying this. But does anyone know when the F-35 will be in service with 3 Squadron? Alan says: Toby, yes that’s a stupid question. Now stop asking questions and keep paying your taxes … signed, The Government This content

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Issue 340: Changing Stripes

August 16, 2016 0 comment

Tigerair Australia to switch from A320 to 737 over next three years Virgin Australia will have the flexibility to hand over more leisure routes to its low-cost unit Tigerair Australia once both carriers operate a common Boeing 737 fleet, an aviation analyst says. Tigerair will become an all-Boeing 737 operator within three years as part

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