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Cathay Pacific’s affable CEO Tony Tyler was in Australia recently and addressed the National Aviation Press Club (NAPC) in Sydney on November 13 on issues such as fleet renewal, the Australian market, the environment, and fuel prices. In November Cathay ordered seven Boeing 777‑300ERs and 10 747-8F freighters, the airline’s largest single order in history.

A Chieftain’s fatal thunderstorm encounter The Australian Transport Safety Bureau report on the inflight break-up of a Piper Chieftain makes sober reading for all pilots. VH-PYN broke-up in a fierce thunderstorm and crashed north of Condobolin, NSW, on December 2 2005, killing all four occupants. Taking off from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane at 11. 22am,

Setting A New Course The Navy’s Naval Aviation Group – often still referred to as the Fleet Air Arm – has suffered in recent years from delayed upgrade programs, the bungled development and introduction of a new type, and a tragic crash resulting from a poor engineering and maintenance culture. However, naval aviation is fighting

If recent media reports are anything to go by, Australia is in the grip of a pilot shortage. Airlines, regional and GA operators have been finding that the market for pilots has shifted enormously since there was an oversupply in 2001 after the collapse of Ansett. The problem has been driven largely by a buoyant

Bombardier’s racy looking ‘super-light’ Learjet 45XR business jet recently visited Australia on a sales tour. The demonstrator flew into Australia from Singapore on November 6, stopping first at Perth before heading to Melbourne, Sydney (where Australian Aviation had a tour of the aircraft), and the Gold Coast. It then flew over to Auckland and Christchurch