Australian Aviation

Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of two 787-8s to Jetstar and a Fokker 100 to QantasLink and the departure of two Qantas 767‑300ERs. Qantas ferried A380-842 VH-OQE from Manila to Sydney as QF6009 on August 10 after it completed planned maintenance. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

When regulation is divorced from its practical implications Operators and pilots often get criticised for drifting away from the safety of the mission, lured by money, ego or hazardous attitudes. But what happens when the regulator drifts away from recognising that missions conducted safely for years should not be crippled by regulation? Of course we

Work starts on new NSW Ambulance Bankstown Airport helibase The start of construction work on NSW Ambulance’s new helicopter retrieval and training base at Bankstown Airport was marked with an official sod turning ceremony on September 2. Part of the NSW government’s new $151. 2 million helicopter retrieval network announced last December, the Toll Group

Inmarsat lofts third Global Xpress I-5 satellite into orbit, creating the first and only global broadband internet service for the aviation industry Satellite communications provider Inmarsat is manoeuvring its I-5 F3 satellite into position to complete its Global Xpress worldwide Ka-band connectivity network following a successful launch on August 28. Global Xpress is expected to

Does UK air traffic contestability have lessons for Australia? There has been something of a push from parts of the government and industry to introduce competition for Airservices in the delivery of air traffic services to drive down costs. So how could that work? Evidence from the United Kingdom suggests that competition is difficult to

Qantas to once again become an ETOPS world leader The Qantas order for Boeing 787‑9s for its international operation and the aircraft’s capability to operate 330 minutes ETOPS opens up the possibility to fragment the South Pacific as never before and ultimately to open up flights across the South Pole. While Qantas, through Trans Australian