Australian Aviation

As Air India relaunches services to Australia, the viability of India’s airline industry remains on the edge Air India’s launch of Boeing 787 Dreamliner services into Australia in September irked Jetstar, which had hoped it would be the first carrier to operate flights in the country using the new jet. But while the return of

The Singapore Airlines Group increased its profit more than 24 per cent during the second quarter of the current financial year, earning an operating profit of S$87 million, an increase of $17 million. Revenue grew S$107 million (+2.8 per cent) to S$3,901 million on the back of five per cent growth in passenger carriage. The

Jetstar’s first 787 arrives For Jetstar flight attendants Rachel Clarke and Gillian Hamilton Boeing’s 787 will make them both younger! The reason? Increased cabin humidity levels and lower pressurisation will mean fewer wrinkles! “I had one wrinkle and it’s now disappeared,” mused Hamilton after the delivery flight from Seattle. However for Boeing, Qantas and Jetstar

Sunshine Coast-based Flight Options Flight Training Centre is now a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). As an RTO, Flight Options can now award students with a nationally recognised aviation qualification on the completion of their courses. The centre currently provides the Certificate IV in Aviation – Commercial Pilot Licence and Diplomas of Aviation in Instrument Flight

On Short Finals To Ioc Boeing’s P‑8A Poseidon is set to achieve its initial operational capability (IOC) with the US Navy in December as Australia looks to increase the number of P‑8s it will acquire to replace its ageing AP‑3C Orions under Project AIR 7000 Phase 2B. The P‑8A successfully completed its initial operational test

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and Cooper Basin oil and gas producer Senex Energy have announced a significant partnership that will see the petroleum producer contribute $300,000 to RFDS Central Operations over the next three years. In an extension of existing arrangement, the two organisations will “share and enhance safety cultures within on-ground oil