Australian Aviation

The pilot shortage might be grabbing the headlines, but it’s not just those at the front end of the aircraft who have been lured away from the industry. Airlines and MROs (maintenance, repair and overhaul organisations) have also found it difficult to find sufficient aircraft maintenance engineers. This skilled and motivated but decreasing workforce base

Ensuring The Raaf’s Future Leadership Base The RAAF took a major step towards bolstering its future leadership base with the standing up in January of the new School of Air Warfare (SAW) at RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria’s Gippsland region. Formerly called the School of Air Navigation, SAW has taken on a much greater

The Asian Armada Buried deep in the filing cabinets of some airline analysts and airline CEO offices around Asia are reports that confidently predicted that Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) would never succeed in the region. The premise was simple and, to most, convincing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian

Growing pains for Canberra Airport Canberra’s once quiet airport is positioning itself to take on more flights from around Australia and even as an alternative airport for the Sydney basin. The Australian Airports Association’s 2007 Capital City Airport of the Year is close to bursting at the seams. Canberra Airport bustles with activity at peak

Lockmart assures Australia F-35 delivery dates are not a bridge too far Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Head Tom Burbage Made a Flying Visit to Australia in Early February as New Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon’s Air Combat Review Got Underway. Company Officials Said He Was Always Due to Visit His “customer” Around This Time and That,

As its national fleet swells by four aircraft to a total of 51 this month, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is preparing to celebrate its first flight by a single, chartered aircraft 80 years ago. The “mantle of safety’’ envisaged by Presbyterian missionary the Rev John Flynn in the 1920s has become the