Australian Aviation

Senate reports on aviation training and safety Prospective pilots could face a longer wait for their chance to move into the right hand seat of large jet airliners if recommendations of a Senate inquiry into pilot training are adopted. The Senate’s Rural Affairs and Transport committee initiated an inquiry into aviation training and safety in

Lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has finalised an order for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters and eight 777-300ERs, in a deal worth US$2.9 billion at list prices first announced at the Paris Airshow in June. “These 777s, along with the 777 order we placed last March, will help us meet the growing airline demand for

Airbus Military has announced an order for two C295 transports for the Republic of Ghana, with both aircraft to be delivered by 2012. The C295s are expected to be used for medical evacuation, paratrooping, training and humanitarian operations including assistance to a number of aid organisations. According to Airbus, a total of 85 C295s have

Force Posture Review to consider ADF basing options A Defence-wide Force Posture Review will “assess whether the ADF is correctly geographically positioned to meet Australia’s modern and future strategic and security challenges”. The review, announced by Defence Minister Stephen Smith on June 22, will be overseen by two impeccably credentialed defence and security experts, Dr

The excise on aviation fuel for domestic use – both jet A-1/avtur and avgas – will increase under the federal government’s long awaited carbon tax plan, with the increases set to cost the industry $930 million over four years. According to the government’s new www. cleanenergyfuture. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Airservices Australia has commissioned a new $8 million Terminal Area Radar (TAR) at Adelaide Airport, as it replaces radar equipment which has been in operation since 1993. The recent upgrade follows Airservices’ commissioning of a $6 million TAR at Sydney Airport in June, after earlier TAR installations at the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Darwin Airports.