Hawker Pacific will relocate its aircraft modification operations from Bankstown to Cairns in order to take advantage of the northern Queensland centre’s proximity to new markets in the Asia Pacific region. “Increasingly we are seeing demand for quite sophisticated systems integration tasks as part of the broader modification programs we perform,” said chief executive officer
Boeing has selected UK based Monarch Aircraft Engineering as a maintenance, repair and overhaul partner for its GoldCare 787 support package. Under the agreement, Monarch will conduct scheduled maintenance for 787s, including A, B, C and D checks for 787s covered under the GoldCare program in Europe. Monarch’s sister company Monarch Airlines has six 787s
Sydney Airport Corporation and SITA are conducting a series of trials at the airport’s international terminal to demonstrate the benefits of SITA’s planned AIRCOM IP GateLink wireless connectivity solution for new aircraft including the A380, Boeing 777 and forthcoming 787. The new product from SITA is aimed at providing a cost-effective way of transmitting large
Aviation Australia has become the first organisation to be licensed by Boeing Traning & Flight Services to deliver its 737NG and 777 maintenance courseware. “These courses will be delivered in our Brisbane and Cairns campuses by Aviation Australia’s highly experienced instructors using courseware and data under licence from Boeing,” said Aviation Australia CEO Paul Bredereck.
A Boeing 737-200 landed at Jandakot Airport on April 24 where Perth’s Polytechnic West (the former Swan TAFE) will use the ex OzJet aircraft (N732HV) as a non flying static training aid. “Polytechnic West’s Boeing 737 is a high quality training asset which will be used to train local and overseas engineering students who are
Airservices Australia graduated 24 new aviation rescue fire fighters from its Melbourne academy on April 9, adding to the 700 other fire fighters which operate under its Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) service around the country. The 24 new recruits completed a 10 week training course at Airservices Learning Academy in Melbourne and the