Category: Industry

Urgent action is needed if Australia's aviation industry is to avoid disruptions due to the shortage of pilots and skilled maintenance engineers, a report says.

Airbus has reaffirmed its full year guidance of 800 aircraft deliveries in calendar 2018 as it works to overcome engine production issues that have hampered its A320neo narrowbody program so far in the current year. The unchanged outlook was included in the Airbus financial results presentation for the first half of calendar 2018 handed down

Airservices Australia says its trial of a new, advanced satellite navigation system have shown impressive results. In January 2017, the Commonwealth announced a two-year project to trial a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), which uses space-based and ground-based aids to support the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and promises navigational accuracy to less than 10

Boeing says the commercial airline industry will require 635,000 new pilots over the next 20 years in response to a doubling of the fleet and record demand for air travel. The figure was included in Boeing’s 2018-2037 Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook published at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Monday (US time). This content is available