Australian Aviation

NEW ALLOCATIONS ACZ/5 GippsAero GA8 Airvan GA8-13-197 28/3/14 Hawker Pacific, Locked Bag 6172 Regents Park NSW 2143 BLE/3 Bell 407GX 54452 22/4/14 Bankstown Helicopters, PO Box 29 Georges Hall NSW 2198 N498RQ C-GXSV CUZ/4 Mooney M20C Ranger 20-0031 1/4/14 Clinton Brown, 6 Romulea Mews Canning Vale WA 6155 VH-ERE N7118V FOV/2 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

10 years ago Defence Minister Robert Hill on May 11 announced the government has decided to exercise the options held for two additional Boeing Wedgetail aircraft for the RAAF at a cost of A$326 million, taking the fleet to six. The RAAF’s first Wedgetail, 737‑7ES N378BC/A30-001, had its maiden flight from Boeing Field, Seattle on

The head of Jetstar in Australia and New Zealand David Hall will headline a three-day aviation conference to be held in Melbourne in June. Swinburne University’s aviation industry conference will run from June 4 to June 6, with speakers from the airlines, government departments, airports and industry bodies, among others. This content is available exclusively

An Airbus A350 test aircraft has completed a series of cold weather testing at the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. Aircraft MSN002 and its systems were subjected to temperatures between +45 degrees and -40 degrees Celsius during the tests which are designed to prove the aircraft’s ability to withstand a prolonged hot or cold

Cobham Aviation Services has been awarded a five year contract extension by Fugro LADS to support its hydrographic survey services for the Royal Australian Navy. Under the extension, Cobham will continue to support Fugro in providing the airborne laser bathymetry (ALB) system to survey shorelines, tides, currents, and sea floors. This content is available exclusively

Sydney Airport has announced it has been Airport Carbon Accredited by Airports Council International (ACI) under its carbon standard for airports. In order to achieve certification at Level 1 (Mapping) of Airport Carbon Accreditation, the airport had to map sources of CO2 emissions on the airport site and then have its specific carbon footprint independently