Australian Aviation

AvMed; a reunion at Casey Field; and licences of yesteryear New head of aviation medicine welcomed In November the Principal Medical Officer of CASA Aviation Medicine, Dr Pooshan Navathe, advised that he would resign his post effective January 1. Dr Navathe said that the appointment of Mark Skidmore as the new CEO of CASA represented

The mystery of OJA Mystery surrounds the eventual retirement home of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA City of Canberra, with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) describing social media reports that it will take the aircraft as “rumour mongering”. HARS president Bob De La Hunty says the “rumours” on social media are “all over the place”.

The ASRR recommendations have been accepted – not for action The aviation industry and common sense have had a major win with the government’s response to the Forsyth Review and new appointments to the CASA board. Now it is time to move on to actually fixing the problems identified. Apart from getting new people into

Bell 412EPi delivered to NSW Police The NSW Police Aviation Support Branch (PASB) commissioned its new Bell 412EPi during a ceremony at its Bankstown Airport base on November 30. PolAir 5, VH-PHZ, the first Bell 412EPi in Australia, was welcomed into service by NSW Police Force Commissioner Andrew Scipione, who was joined by the Governor

But industry must remain vigilant against unnecessary government burdens What an interesting and challenging year 2014 has been for regional aviation. The slowing resources market has meant some belt tightening for regional operators servicing this industry. This has been slightly softened by an easing in the oil prices. RPT has remained generally steady and the

Airports and Australia’s international tourism industry The Productivity Commission is currently developing a research paper on Australia’s international tourism industry. The commission has sought input from industry for the paper, which is examining trends, drivers and barriers to growth in the Australian international tourism industry. It is expected that the commission will publish the report