Australian Aviation

Business jets out in force at Avalon Business jet manufacturers were out in force at this year’s Avalon Airshow in a display of confidence in the Australian market despite the local economy’s well-documented slowdown as the resources sector goes through a period of transition and amid a weaker Australian dollar. Both France-based Dassault and Brazilian

CAF’s ambitious vector towards a fifth-gen Air Force Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown formally launched his bold Plan Jericho at the Chief’s Symposium held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on February 23 on the eve of the Avalon Airshow. “Plan Jericho…describes the vector which Air Force will pursue on our transformation path

Showing Australian aviation innovation While the pictures that were beamed around the world from the recently-concluded Avalon Airshow undoubtedly focused on the spectacular flying displays, there was just as much action happening away from the flight line. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition draws big crowds because of the array of historic,

Qantas’s first 747-400 makes the short hop into a long retirement While Qantas has handed the “keys” to VH-OJA over to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), the record-breaking Boeing 747-400 will be surrounded by a lot of familiar faces as it settles into a new home at Illawarra Airport. That’s because, as Qantas Captain

India to lift restrictions on airlines operating internationally The idea has been discussed, debated and flogged to death for years but it finally appears India is getting close to scrapping the contentious 5/20 rule which bars its carriers from operating internationally unless they have a fleet of at least 20 aircraft and have been flying

Instant scrutiny, life-long repercussions Airline profitability’ seems like juxtaposition these days. More and more capital is poured into these gargantuan entities as margins and yields fall. Market competition is tougher than ever and ‘lowcost’ carriers have altered the expectations of air travellers forever. World-renowned investor Warren Buffett once famously said, “. . . if a