Passengers travelling on nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai to Australia will be subject to extra security measures that the government says have been brought in in response to national security advice. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says an examination of the Beechcraft B200 Super King Air that crashed at Essendon Airport shortly after takeoff has found there were no pre-existing faults with the aircraft that could have contributed to the incident. The King Air VH-ZCR was operating a private charter flight to King Island. All
Kerrie Mather has announced she is stepping down as chief executive of Sydney Airport. Mather’s decision to leave the company she has led since 2002 comes as Sydney Airport considers whether to take up its right of first refusal to build and operate the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney’s west. This content is available
Recently introduced bans on the carriage of certain electronic devices on United States and United Kingdom bound flights is not an acceptable long-term solution to aviation safety, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,
The Australian Airports Association’s (AAA) Pavements and Lighting Forum will be held from May 1-3 in Sydney. This is the third time the AAA has put on the event, which focuses on pavements and lighting projects and is part of the AAA’s program to provide the airports industry with comprehensive technical training. This content is
Australia’s charter operators carried about 220,000 fewer passengers in calendar 2016 amid the decline in resources-related activity, new figures show. The annual domestic aviation activity report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed there were 2.41 million domestic charter passengers on fixed-wing aircraft in calendar 2016, down 8.1 per cent from