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If we don’t learn from history, we are bound to repeat it. On the aviation training front we are approaching crunch time again. Australia and many other countries will need to replenish their ageing aviation workforces soon. This is not just pilots and engineers but operations staff, load/route analysts, accountants, HR specialists and IT experts

Airbus has announced a pair of deals for more than 100 of its A320 Family airliners. The European jetmaker inked a memorandum of understanding to sell 75 of the single aisle aircraft to Spirit Airlines, a budget carrier serving the southeastern US and Caribbean region. The deal includes 45 next generation A320neos and 30 A320s.

Qantas customer service staff are being asked to wear polo shirts thanking passengers for their continued business as the airline rolls out a new tranche of measures designed to repair the Flying Kangaroo’s battered image. Frontline workers began donning the red shirts yesterday. The shirts feature the airline’s kangaroo emblem and the words “Saying Thank

While researching material for a book project recently, this writer was reminded of the original reasons the RAAF thought it could cover the gap between the retirement of the F-111 and the arrival of the F-35 JSF when the F-111 retirement decision was taken back in 2004. In 2005, then Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL

Relaunched budget carrier Air Australia has announced introductory $69 fares on flights between Melbourne and Brisbane. The one-way fares, good from December 15, went on sale today as what was formerly known as Strategic Airlines rebrands itself as Australia’s newest low cost carrier. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo

Longreach Catalina Arrives it was all smiles at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, on September 14 when the museum’s Catalina, VH-EAX, touched down there at the end of its extended ferry flight from Spain. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content