Australian Aviation

Airedale remains a dogged performer Thirty-five aircraft are listed in the new allocations section this issue with Soar Aviation machines dominating the list. Soar has transferred three Aeroprakt Foxbats, VH-FEO, FWL and FYS, a Tecnam P2008 VH-OMJ, and a BRM Aero Bristell VH-YEQ, from the RA-Aus register onto the CASA register and are expected to

Key aircraft movements from across the region Qantas Group News On May 26, A380-842 VH-OQE operated QF5 from Sydney to Singapore and London, arriving a day later, and then ferried as QF6005 to Dresden for planned maintenance. On completion, it ferried from Dresden to London on June 12 as QF6006 from where it returned to

Back to the future for two former partners … or not? The speculation has been rife in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore over the past couple of months, and rightly so. When Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines suddenly announced in June they were committing to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would see them significantly step

Passenger experience in the middle of Airbus’s market Airbus is notably sensitive if anyone calls its re-engined A330neo aircraft “slow-selling”. To be fair, the European manufacturer has a point. After a relatively slow start there have been more than 150 ordered, and indeed it was the widebody with the highest profile at the Paris Air

Company culture at the core of credibility The recent leaking of a letter of complaint relating to safety concerns within Regional Express was unusual for a number of reasons. As you would expect, mainstream media ran with this aviation story as it was negative in nature. However, it would appear that in this case, the

The ex-pat career vs a pilot career in Australia While we in Australia dig around at the grass roots inspiring more pilots to enter the industry, what – if anything – is being done to retain the experienced pilots we have? With attractive remuneration and lifestyle packages on offer from the likes of Emirates, Etihad,