Australian Aviation

Returning to the birthplace of Qantas in support of Pathfinders One can imagine that Sir Hudson Fysh and his fellow airline founders would have been proud. Nine decades after their humble beginnings, a new state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 adorned in Qantas colours (VH-XZE Pine Creek) sat a mere stone’s throw away from the original hangar at

The ADF’s School of Air Traffic Control Once the responsibility of air traffic controllers, management of aircraft movements on and around the ADF’s 11 military aerodromes in Australia falls to a relatively new specialisation within the RAAF, the Joint Battlefield Airspace Controller (JBAC). And the change in job title is more than cosmetic, as it

The week before Boeing is expected to officially launch its 777X program at the Dubai Airshow, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers at the manufacturer’s Puget Sound (Washington state) facility has voted down an extension to an existing employment contract. The move potentially risks the launch and at the very least casts an

The ATSB’s final  report into the August 18 2011 crash of the ABC’s Squirrel helicopter in which pilot Gary Ticehurst, reporter Paul Lockyer and cameraman John Bean were killed has found incorrect inputs to an onboard GPS unit, spatial disorientation and night flying recency were likely contributing factors to the accident. The AS355F2 Twin Squirrel helicopter,

Collaboration is the key for the future of Australia’s air traffic management The persistent growth in air traffic in Australia and neighbouring regions continues to press hard on finite airspace and airport resources. In recent years this growth, which is set to increase by a cumulative 60 per cent over the next two decades, has

The world’s airports are increasing their investment in information technology to approximately US$6 billion in 2013, according to the 2013 SITA/ACI/Airline Business Airport IT Trends Survey. Despite economic challenges approximately 90 per cent of airports expect their IT spending to either increase or remain stable in 2014, with a key focus on improving the passenger