Australian Aviation

A new corporate jet terminal will open in Queenstown early 2014. Auckland-based Air Center One and Capital Jet Services of Wellington have entered a joint venture to develop a fixed base operation (FBO) adjacent to the main terminal building. The Queenstown Corporate Jet Services facility, expected to be operational by March 2014, addresses the increasing

Boeing and Kongsberg Defence Systems have completed a check of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) fitted to an F/A-18F Super Hornet to ensure that the weapon is compatible with the aircraft’s external pylons. The test brings the JSM one step closer to achieving Super Hornet compatibility, Boeing said in a statement. The JSM, which is

Thirty students from the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA), have graduated from their two-year studies at Airways’ air traffic controller training college in New Zealand. The students were selected through the Airways Sure Select program and spent one year in Auckland studying Aviation English, and one year at the Airways training

RACQ CareFlight Rescue’s Sunshine Coast and Bundaberg-based aircraft will soon be equipped with high-tech night vision goggles (NVGs) after long-time supporter Energex committed $100,000 over two years to purchase eight sets of the equipment. Currently both rescue helicopters operate without the aid of night vision goggles even though more than a third of its lifesaving

The remaking of EADS under Tom Enders The boss of Europe’s biggest aerospace company walks purposefully into the business lounge of the Canberra hotel. Dr Tom Enders is taller than you think, trim and with his thinning hair neatly-trimmed short, it is not hard to envisage that one of Europe’s most significant business figures was

Detractors may yet be proved wrong There are no arguments that budget flying is now part and parcel of Asia’s airline arena. Some 50 low-cost carriers (LCCs), a few of them now larger in terms of fleet and network than their veteran full-service counterparts, says it all. But the jury, according to many analysts, remains