Alliance Aviation Services managing director Scott McMillan has called on the government to get on with acting on the 37 recommendations of the recently published review into Australia’s aviation sector. McMillan told shareholders at Alliance’s annual general meeting the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) had identified a wide range of recommendations that would benefit the
Construction on widening the runway at Coober Pedy Airport will commence in November after the project secured state funding, in a move that ensures Regional Express (Rex) will be able to maintain services from Adelaide using Saab 340 aircraft. The South Australian government has backed $1.3 million project to widen the runway to 30 metres, from
Perth has lost a second carrier on the Singapore route with Tigerair Singapore to drop service to the West Australian capital in early February 2015 as part of the low-cost carrier’s network review. A Tigerair Singapore spokesperson said decision to end service to Perth was made after careful consideration and confirmed the last flight to
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) boss Martin Dolan says he is cautiously optimistic missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will eventually be found. Dolan says the ATSB has resumed the search for the missing aircraft this week, following months spent looking at more data and mapping the ocean floor in the likely search area. This content
Virgin Australia is conspicuous for its absence from the list airline members in Etihad Airways’ new ‘Etihad Airways Partners’ airline alliance arrangement. Etihad Airways Partners brings together Etihad plus five of the partner airlines in which it holds equity stakes in – airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Jet Airways and Swiss-based Darwin Airline (which operates as Etihad
Low-cost carrier Scoot has appointed a former Virgin Australia veteran as its new Australian boss. Dennis Basham will oversee the Singapore Airlines-owned airline’s operations Down Under as general manager for Australia, the airline announced on Tuesday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of