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Pilatus Aircraft has won a Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) contract for the delivery of a pilot training system based around the PC-21 turboprop trainer. The Pilatus training aircraft will be used to train basic and advanced student pilots in the recently established QEAF Air Force Academy in Qatar. The first PC-21 will be supplied

The federal government has appointed technical experts and consultants for a scoping study into the suitability of Wilton as a site for a second Sydney Airport. The study, expected to take six months, will include detailed economic, social and environmental studies of the site, located some 80km southwest of Sydney CBD. This content is available

Qantas general counsel Brett Johnson will step down later this year and be replaced by a lawyer who has spent his career specialising in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Andrew Finch will take over as general counsel effective November 1, the airline said in a statement today. Mr Finch is currently a partner at Sydney based

The RAAF’s fleet of Hawk Lead-In Fighters has hit 75,000 hours of flying. The jet, used to train fighter pilots and aircrew, was introduced into RAAF service in 2001, with the RAAF now operating a fleet of 33 of the aircraft based at Williamtown and Pearce. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Melbourne Airport recorded 8 per cent growth in international travel but a 2 per cent decline in domestic passengers for the financial year ending June 30 as overall passenger numbers were flat on a year-to-year basis. Airport CEO Chris Woodruff attributed the drop in domestic travel to the grounding of Melbourne-based Tiger Airways and the

Singapore Airlines has won the Best Airline International On-Line Award for the fifth successive year at the 2012  National Travel Industry Awards. The award coincides with the airline’s 45th year in Australia. Singapore Airlines remains Australian’s largest foreign carrier and claims to be the world’s most awarded airline. This content is available exclusively to Australian