Australian Aviation

The sales of 123 Airbus Helicopters to Chinese interests have been confirmed during the state visit to China of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The three contracts were signed with Fujian Xinmei General Aviation Co. (GAC), Guangdong Baiyun GAC and Yunnan Fengxiang GAC for a total of 123 Ecureuil and EC135 machines. The helicopters will be

It’s a jungle out there As airlines from around the world gathered in Doha at the annual International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference in June, the issue of passengers behaving badly reared its ugly head. It is not a new phenomenon, but it does seem to be growing at an alarming rate. Is it a

Lack of airline profitability could hinder airport infrastructure projects A lack of profitability at Qantas and Virgin Australia is threatening to derail or slow key infrastructure projects at Australia’s airports in the coming years. The parlous state of the airlines’ bottom line, with combined first half losses of $327 million and their inability to pass

The Air Sport Australia Confederation (ASAC) has awarded its Air Sports Gold Medal for 2013 to Chris Callow. The ASAC Air Sports Gold Medal is Australia’s highest air sport award, and recognises an outstanding contribution to aviation generally or to the aviation industry in Australia in particular. The contribution may be through a single outstanding

Asia’s airlines are facing a pilot shortage If there’s some cold comfort for the 100 or so Qantas pilots the troubled carrier is trying to convince to take redundancy it lies in the irony that while the Flying Kangaroo appears to have a surplus of cockpit crew, everyone else in the world is scrambling around

The burgers are better at 38,000ft If you had to pick the next big thing in international first class dining, would it be a burger? It will be on board British Airways. This June, BA’s new Flying Burger started winging its way through the air… or at least onto a plate, with a British Airways