Australian Aviation

The RAAF’s VIP fleet will soon be replaced The RAAF is mulling a plan to replace by 2017 its small fleet of VIP special purpose aircraft (SPA) operated by 34SQN – callsign Envoy – from the Fairbairn Defence Establishment at Canberra Airport. The current fleet comprises two Boeing 737-700IGW BBJs for medium-to-long-range or higher capacity

The Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea bizjet fleet as at November 1 2014 Beechcraft Premier Vh-tgq Twc Logistics, Graceville East, Qld Vh-vhp Rate (Australia), Broadmeadows, Vic N7088s Avesco, Mackay, Qld Beechjet 400a Vh-bzl National Australia Bank, Melbourne (Helistar Aviation, West Beach, Sa) Vh-eig Careflight, Wentworthville, Nsw (Business Aviation Solutions) Vh-mgc Marjen

Bizjet deliveries to the region rose by 54 per cent on the previous twelve months, but this was offset by a rise of 82 per cent in the number of departures. In the period under review 20 aircraft were delivered while 20 were sold overseas and as a result the total bizjet fleet number remained

Business aviation is gaining some altitude after the turbulence of the GFC When thinking of business aircraft, it is easy to picture tanned billionaires jetting around the Mediterranean quaffing champagne and lunching on freshly caught lobster. Although such individuals do exist, the reality is business aviation is mostly concerned with company executives travelling around the

Australia’s transcontinental market has always been keenly fought It seemed a miracle to go nonstop from Adelaide to Perth in late 1946. The size of that aircraft – four engines and 44 seats! Don’t laugh” – Stanley Brogden. Writing in the September 1986 issue of Aircraft, the doyen of Australia’s aviation writers Brogden was reminiscing

Australia’s airports have plans for better connectivity and a better passenger experience, but stronger competition means the rest of the world is not standing still In an age of increasingly high quality videoconferencing and online collaboration, business travellers still head to the airport and spend hours on aircraft to press the flesh and look colleagues,