Australian Aviation

Air New Zealand will commemorate its 75th anniversary with an exhibition at the country’s national museum Te Papa in Wellington. The airline will celebrate 75 years of operations during 2015, and is working with Te Papa to launch a six month retrospective exhibition that will open on December 20 2014. This content is available exclusively

It is time to remove aviation’s regulatory compliance burden Regional aviation is a highly dynamic environment and can give the appearance of always being at the crossroads. This however can encourage a focus on the challenges rather than the opportunities. As some services are withdrawn due to cost pressures on operators, local councils are starting

Airservices has announced the appointment of Ms Mairi Barton as Executive General Manager, Corporate and Industry Affairs. An Airservices statement says Ms Barton has more than 20 years of communications and public affairs experience which spans state and federal government as well as the agricultural and financial services sectors, with her most recent position being

Staggerwing down Beech D-17S Staggerwing VH‑FNS has been damaged in a forced landing due to an apparent engine problem. The aircraft landed wheels-up in a paddock at Dardanup, 13km southeast of Bunbury, WA on May 31. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content

Qantas Group news Qantas withdrew 747-438 VH‑OJL from service in Los Angeles on May 26 after the aircraft operated QF107 from Sydney. The following day as QF6024 VH-OJL was ferried from Los Angeles to Victorville where it was placed in storage. VH-OJL City of Ballaarat was originally delivered to Qantas in Sydney on July 26

Queensland Government Air has contracted Pilot Recruitment to provide recruitment services for the new organisation. Pilot Recruitment is a new joint-venture company comprised of Pinstripe Solutions and SimJET Training Systems. Queensland Government Air has tasked the new entity to find pilots for helicopters and fixed-wing roles in emergency, police, search & rescue, and counter disaster