Australian Aviation

UK-based Cranfield University will start delivering some of its industry leading aviation accident investigation training courses in Melbourne in April.  The courses will provide the rapidly growing Asia Pacific market with easier access to Cranfield’s highly respected and sought-after safety training.

BITRE data from January saw 77.7 per cent of Virgin network flights take off on time and 76.9 per cent arrive on time compared to 75.6 per cent on both measures for the Qantas network, while Virgin’s network cancelled 0.9 per cent of flights, compared to the Qantas network’s 2.4 per cent.

Damien Toohey is both a practicing barrister and current Qantas A330 pilot. Here, he tells Jerome Doraisamy how a terrifying cardiac arrest inspired him to live life to the fullest and juggle two demanding careers.

The Flying Kangaroo says the two organisations will work together to improve the accessibility of air travel and promote awareness and understanding of assistance animals, as well as providing freight and logistical support for ADA to transport puppies in training.

VH-XIX was conducting aerial spraying of herbicides near Boorowa, 50km east of Young Airport, on 4 December when radio contact with the pilot was lost 15 minutes after its 10th spraying run, the ATSB said in its preliminary report.

In a speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) on Thursday, ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb noted that domestic airfares have increased following the reassertion of the Qantas-Virgin duopoly.