Australian Aviation

ACCC monitoring report looks back to look forward The scale and timeliness of investment in airport infrastructure has been put in the spotlight following the latest ACCC airport monitoring report for 2012‑13. The ACCC is charged with monitoring prices, costs and profits and quality of aeronautical services and car parking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and

Hawker Pacific has commenced a demonstration tour of a new Beechcraft King Air 350i across the Asia-Pacific region. The aircraft arrived in the region earlier this month, and commenced its tour in New Zealand on May 19 to May 23. The tour will then cover the east coast of Australia from June 2 to 13,

Dassault Aviation has used the 2014 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva to launch its Falcon 8X, the largest and longest ranging of its Falcon family of business jets. The Falcon 8X, a mildly stretched development of the 7X, will feature a range of 6,450nm (11,945km) at Mach 0.8, meaning in a

European aerospace companies Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation, and Alenia Aermacchi have joined forces to develop a next generation medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system. The three companies say they have delivered the ‘MALE2020’ proposal to further define a European UAS to France, Germany and Italy. The offer proposes a definition phase

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have announced a NZ$20m (A$18.5m) extension to their marketing partnership. The airline signed an MoU with Tourism NZ last year to undertake joint marketing activity promoting travel to New Zealand in key international markets, and the extension will see the partnership continue through financial year 2015 and will

Melbourne Airport’s new T4 low-cost carrier terminal is rapidly taking shape, as our image above, taken earlier this month, shows. T4, plus associated works including a new “ground transport bub” and extra aircraft parking bays are due to become operational in the second half of 2015. Part of those works include the demolition of the