Tim Johnson

The images of earthmovers moving, err, earth on the site of the new Western Sydney Airport is a sight for jaded eyes. The history of a second airport for Sydney stretches back decades, and more than 30 years have passed since the selection of the site at Badgerys Creek. But now preliminary earthworks are firmly

Boeing, Airbus and the battle for the middle of the market With the launch of a half-dozen new and re-engined aircraft from Airbus and Boeing alone in the last 10 years, commercial aviation is preparing itself to transition into a period of incremental updates rather than big-bang unveilings and new models. The last blast of

Qantas, Virgin plan their future fleets I flew with Virgin Australia to Adelaide the other day other day. For me this otherwise unremarkable flight was interesting because it came just days after Virgin Australia announced it was buying the 737 MAX 10. On my 737-800 flight to Adelaide I was seated in row 29 –

How the RAAF prepares its fighter pilots for the rigours of dog fighting I haven’t put eyes on it in the flesh myself, but I have to agree with John Walton’s assessment in his Farnborough Airshow report this issue that seeing the erstwhile Bombardier C Series painted up in full Airbus house colours and redesignated

Airbus’s evergreen widebody twin Consider this. Tourism Australia statistics show that in 2017 there were 54 per cent more visitor arrivals to Australia from Singapore (434,400) compared with Hong Kong (282,100). Here are a couple of more numbers to mull over. Figures from aviation thinktank CAPA – Centre for Aviation show there are currently 243

The collapse of Jetgo is “intensely disappointing” Debtgo”, screamed the front page of the Illawarra Mercury. The collapse of regional operator Jetgo, which entered voluntary administration on June 1, is headline news not just in Wollongong and the Illawarra, but in regional cities across the country. At a first creditors’ meeting on June 13 it