Australian Aviation

Will VLAs survive until they’re really needed? Ten years after the introduction of the Airbus A380 into service, and five years since the Boeing 747-8I began flying with Lufthansa, the market for very large aircraft (VLA) like these is looking glum. Numerous factors have contributed to their decline in popularity among airlines: the efficiency of

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of an A320-200 to Jetstar Pacific. Qantas operated a charter with 747-438 VH-OJS to Antarctica from Melbourne on December 31 as QF2904. After seeing in the New Year over the ice VH-OJS returned to Melbourne on January 1.

SilkAir links Cairns, Darwin to Asia and the world When SilkAir launched its first flights to Darwin in 2012, comparisons with Jetstar in this part of the world were in some ways inevitable. After all, the Australian travelling public had become all too aware of the differences between the legacy Qantas and its low-cost offshoot

Flying the Piper Cub The only aircraft that has been in production for more than eighty seven years, well maybe, is the Cub. Maybe not quite continuous production or by the same manufacturer but the fact that the Cub series has been around for all that time just goes to show that there is continuing

From its new purpose-built Aeromedical Crewing Excellence (ACE) Training Centre at Bankstown Airport, Toll Helicopters is using high fidelity simulation and virtual reality training devices to best prepare its crews and NSW Ambulance paramedics and doctors to save lives across southern NSW and the ACT for the next decade and beyond. On January 10, in

Schiebel Camcopter S-100 wins Navy VTOL UAS deal The Department of Defence has awarded Austria’s Schiebel Group a contract to supply its Camcopter S-100 to meet the Royal Australian Navy’s interim vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) requirement. Signed in late December, the contract fulfils a request for tender (RFT) for Navy