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Global business aviation sets new trends in mixed market In last year’s review of business aviation, cautious optimism was returning to the sector. This year, as the global economic outlook returns gingerly to positive trends, mixed messages are emerging from the industry. GAMA – the General Aviation Manufacturers Association – reported an increase in worldwide

China Southern takes on its Western rivals China’s big airlines are making inroads on the world stage and Asia’s biggest operator, China Southern Airlines, is leading the international growth charge, throwing its A380 superjumbo and 787 Dreamliner into the Australasian market as it strives to capture a bigger slice of Asia Pacific to Europe traffic.

Perspectives Ron Bartsch  In the second of our new series, Perspectives, we talk to Ron Bartsch, regulator, pilot and lawyer about a career dedicated to making flying safe. To some, risk management and safety management systems are a dry, dark art that is still seen as a business impediment. To others, however, it is a

RAAF C-17s and C-130s critical to Afghan ‘retrograde’ Nostos is a Greek word meaning ‘homecoming’ and is fittingly being used as the name of the operation to ‘retrograde’ Australian equipment and personnel out of Afghanistan as part of the drawdown of combat forces and the transition to Operation Resolute Support. The length of the 13-year

Jetstar’s 787 begins scheduled services Jetstar launched scheduled Boeing 787 services on November 13 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast after a trouble-free certification (see Preflight for details). That milestonne came after CASA granted approval to Jetstar to begin 787 operations on November 6 – a week ahead of the first RPT flight. The authority’s

The end of US restrictions on inflight gadgets probably means the same for Australia. Is that for the best? Until recently, at least, takeoff and landing represented that rarest commodity in today’s world – a gadget-free zone in which a person had little choice but to sit back, think outside the glowing little box and,