Australian Aviation

Lufthansa has appointed Marlene Sanau as its new general manager for Australia, replacing Kai Peters from September. Sanau, who will head sales and marketing activities for Lufthansa in Australia, was previously the airline’s Hanover based director of sales and also worked as a regional district sales manager in South Africa. This content is available exclusively

Brisbane based Sikorsky Helitech has announced a three year agreement with  FlightSafety International (FSI) to provide maintenance training on Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) aircraft engines for its customers in the Asia Pacific region. The new agreement will see engine technicians gain access to 16 courses per year for maintenance training on four different P&WC

The fifth Boeing C-17A Globemaster III for the RAAF made its first flight from Boeing’s Long Beach, California, facility on August 25. The aircraft, to be designated A41-210 in RAAF service, is scheduled to be handed over to the RAAF in early September, and delivered to 36SQN at RAAF Amberley later that month to join

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) will host QF32 pilot Captain Richard de Crespigny at its 2011 Convention in September, with the Airbus A380 pilot due to give a special presentation of his experience in dealing with an uncontained engine explosion over Indonesia’s Batam Island last November. “Captain de Crespigny’s considerable skills involving teamwork,

Bombardier Aerospace has announced the retirement of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president, Gary Scott, effective from October 1. Scott, who first joined the company as New Commercial Aircraft Program president in 2004, is retiring to”devote more time to his family who need him at this time.” This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome

Australia enjoys the world’s best RPT jet safety record – and a perfect fatality free record at that – so it comes as no surprise that there has been almost universal agreement that CASA did the right thing in grounding Tiger Airways in July. Editorials around the country urged that any anger by passengers should