Australian Aviation

Qantas has been granted the Sydney to Moree licence by Transport NSW for a four year period from March 22. The airline has been the wester NSW centre on an interim basis since the collapse of Brindabella Airlines in December, and will use 36-seat Dash 8 Q200 and 50-seat Q300 equipment on the 12 return

The USAF will name its new Boeing KC-46A tanker ‘Pegasus’, the service’s chief of staff announced at the USAF Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando on February 20. Currently under development and due to make its first flight later this year, the KC-46A is a tanker version of Boeing’s 767-2F which was selected ahead of the

A new King Air full flight simulator has been commissioned at RAAF East Sale by Defence Minister Senator David Johnston. The device is owned and operated by CAE Australia, and will support the RAAF’s 32SQN and the School of Air Warfare which trains RAAF air combat officers (ACOs) and Navy aviation warfare officers (AVWOs) This

Regional airline Vincent Aviation has received an interim licence from Transport NSW to commence services between Sydney and Narrabri. The inaugural service BF001 will be conducted on February 21, departing Sydney at 6.45am and arriving in Narrabri at 8.05, while the return flight BF002 will depart Narrabri at 8.45am. This content is available exclusively to

Rolls-Royce has demonstrated fuel savings of more than 13 per cent after assembly and ground testing of the first enhanced T56 engines for a WP-3D Orion ‘Hurricane Hunter’ belonging to the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The ‘Series 3.5’ upgrade of the venerable T56 has been designed to not only reduce fuel consumption but

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has backed moves to repeal the 1992 Qantas Sale Act (QSA). In a media release the RAAA said the QSA “unfairly restricted” Qantas which it says is an “historical anachronism needing to be removed in order to keep competition on an even playing field.” This content is available