Australian Aviation

Former exec takes Qantas to task In the heated debate about Qantas, its desire to be released from the restrictions of the Qantas Sale Act and get a government guarantee along the way, there has been no commentary so incisive and devastating to the Qantas position as that delivered by David Epstein, former Qantas group

CareFlight Group Queensland is celebrating five years since it commenced its safety instruction program through the provision of training to Dubai’s Police Force Air Wing. In five years, three CareFlight instructors have spent more than 2,000 hours training more than 70 Abu Dhabi Police pilots and 40 aircrewmen in search and rescue operations and night

Turkey has finally taken delivery of its first Airbus Defence & Space A400M airlifter after a prolonged period of negotiation. The aircraft was formally accepted by Turkish officials at the Airbus facility in Seville, Spain on April 4, making Turkey the second operator of the A400M after France which took its first two deliveries last

Airlines in trouble is nothing new Pan American went down that road and closer to home and time, so did Ansett Australia. Restructures, job cuts, sale of non-core assets are all catch-phrases that fill the paragraphs when the mainstream media finally pays attention to the dilemma that has been confronting an airline for quite some

Qantas navigates its toughest hour As Winston Churchill said, never waste a crisis. When you have a crisis that is the opportunity to make changes that are probably very difficult to do in a status quo situation. The people within the organisation were up for change because they knew the organisation had to change, they

Government approves P-8 purchase as its first defence acquisition decision On Friday February 21, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston announced that the government had approved the acquisition of eight Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2017 with all eight aircraft due by