Boeing’s Australia & South Pacific president, Ian Thomas, has been appointed as president of Boeing China. Thomas has led Boeing’s activities in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific from the company’s Sydney offices since 2009, and prior to that had been president of Boeing India. Boeing says a successor for Thomas in Australia will
Australian Aviation‘s managing editor & publisher Gerard Frawley was announced as Aviation Journalist of the Year for 2013 at the National Aviation Press Club’s award ceremony in Sydney on Friday night. Frawley’s award capped off a big night for Australian Aviation. He also won Aviation Feature Article of the Year for his ‘Seismic Shift’ story
As the antics between Borghetti and Joyce keep headline writers both amused and busy, another war of words has broken out between Sydney Airport Corporation chairman Max Moore-Wilton and former federal transport minister Anthony Albanese. In a report carried in the Sydney Morning Herald, claims and counter-claim are being waged as Moore-Wilton, never one to
After decades of debate it looks possible a decision may be forthcoming on a second airport for Sydney. In what promises to be a lively debate on the subject, the next Royal Aeronautical Society Sydney Branch is holding a panel discussion to consider the factors driving the decision, planning considerations and the technologies needed to
Qantas founders Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinnes and Fergus McMaster are among the leading historical figures to be inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) during a gala dinner in Wagga Wagga later this month. “The inductees were people who have not only achieved incredible feats personally but have also made outstanding contributions to
The aerial agriculture community is mourning the loss of Rebel Ag managing director and chief pilot David Black, who died when his Dromader aircraft (VH-TZJ) crashed while engaged in aerial fire-fighting 32km west of Ulladulla in southern NSW on the morning of October 24. The accident is being investigated by the ATSB, which noted that “an initial