Australian Aviation

Zodiac Aerospace Australia (ZAA) says it has conducted a successful series of trials of its new in-flight ice detection probe. The flights were conducted on a modified King Air which was equipped for atmospheric research flights and operated by Air Affairs Australia (AAA), and were conducted in icing conditions from AAA’s Nowra NSW base over

With the GippsAero brand now all but gone in favour of Mahindra Aerospace, the company has rebranded its GA8 an GA10 Airvans as the Airvan 8 and Airvan 10. The rebranding has also seen the company adopt new logos for the two aircraft which it says is representative of Mahindra’s branding. This content is available

Melbourne’s new air traffic control tower The opening of the new Melbourne control tower on March 14 completed Stage One of Airservices’ National Towers Program. Importantly this program also incorporated a ‘game changing’ new control tower technology-termed Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS). This technology consolidates operational information and systems currently provided by numerous computer screens

Bell’s new short light single A brand new version of Bell Helicopter’s classic 206 JetRanger, one of the world’s most popular single-turbine helicopters with over 4,800 examples built, is now at prototype stage with the final design expected to re-enter Bell into the fray of the short light single (SLS) market from early 2016. The

A final flurry of orders were announced on July 17, the last business day of the 2014 Farnborough Airshow. Airbus A320 This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Address Password Keep me signed in on this device Forgot

Passengers behaving badly At the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Cabin Safety Conference in late May, member airlines reported a 2013 spike in incidents involving disruptive passengers, up to 8,217 from a 2012 baseline of 5,220. While the airlines reported that the majority of incidents are verbal, nearly 40 per cent of carriers reported that