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ATR officially presented the prototype of its ATR 72-600 (pictured above) in a ceremony at Toulouse on October 1. “We are very proud and very happy to present our first ATR 72-600 today,” said Stéphane Mayer, ATR’s chief executive officer. “The improvements to our new -600 series are written into our continuous development philosophy in

Commercial New Delays for 747‑8f Boeing Has Delayed First Flight of the 747-8f From the Last Quarter of This Year to Early Next Year, and Taken a Us$1bn (a$1. 1bn) Pre-tax Charge Against Its Third Quarter Profit Result Due to “increased Production Costs and Difficult Market Conditions Affecting the 747-8 Program. ” “as the Program

CASA CEO/director of aviation safety John McCormick is certainly making waves. Since taking on the role earlier this year, the CASA boss has consistently proven to be a man of strong words and actions. He has repeatedly told industry of his key mantras – CASA is the regulator with a capital ‘R’; and that CASA

There is no doubt that Qantas’ headline result was extremely good considering the state of the global economy and the travails of the airline industry in the past 18 months. But the question really is: Why wasn’t it far better? This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ACN Robinson R44 Raven II 12811 17/7/09 Helicopter Flight Centre (Australasia), PO Box 1100 Airlie Beach Qld 4802 AHX Fokker F‑27‑050 Fifty 20161 5/8/09 Alliance Airlines, PO Box 1126 Eagle Farm Qld 4009 9M‑MGC (9M‑MSC) PH‑EXG DCF Robinson R44 Raven I 2026 17/7/09 Helicopter Flight Centre (Australasia), PO

Are windfarms just another hazard to be managed by the low-level aviator, or is there more to them than meets the eye? AAAA has been closely involved with this issue for some years, encouraging the Wind Energy Association to get their members to advise AAAA of upcoming developments, but it now seems that a number