Australian Aviation

Where we’re all a little bit slimy At least until recently, talking to computers required a special language. Even an apparently simple task like a web search rewarded users who could think in terms of keywords instead of sentences. This is not how we will interact with computers in the future. How do I know?

Spectacular launch for the 777X Perhaps the 777X can be described as the art of perfection – the perfect combination of reliable systems and the best of proven new technology. The combination of lessons learnt and refocusing on engineering excellence is the core driver for Boeing. The 777X takes the very best of the 777-300ER/200LR

Is the longest running controversy in Australian aviation, the epic “on again, off again” saga of a second Sydney airport nearing an end? All the signs suggest the new federal government will jump start the Badgerys Creek project in its first term. But the real question is: How will the country’s primary airport hub at

Qantas At The Crossroads | The Airline Passenger Experience I get it. Look at it from Qantas’s point of view. On its home turf any 100 per cent foreign owned airline can set up shop in Australia’s domestic market – unlike (with the exception of New Zealand) almost any other advanced economy in the world.

Australia’s Chinook operators discuss the final RWG deployment in their own words After 11 rotations since February 2006, Rotary Wing Group – Eight (RWG‑8), the Australian Army Aviation detachment in Afghanistan, held a small ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in mid-September to mark the completion of its five-month mission. It was to be the last time

Qantas at the crossroads It may well come to pass that the travails of Qantas will be a watershed for Australian work practices. The oft-quoted saying that Australians are not prepared to pay for the salaries and conditions they enjoy is becoming truer every day. Aviation is the most global of all industries and, like