Australian Aviation

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AQI Yakovlev Yak‑52 844714 21/3/11 Derek Townsend, 13 Barellan Ave Buddina Qld 4575 N452T DOSAAF-119 (Red) AZV Cessna 150L 15072086 3/3/11 Peter Rosendale, 2 Third Ave Marcoola Qld 4564 N92JT N6586G CDU Guimbal Cabri G2 1018 17/3/11 Helicopter Transport and Training, PO Box 227 Georges Hall NSW 2198

The pilot who safely landed flight QF32 in Singapore after an uncontained engine explosion last year will make a public appearance on June 2 to talk with well-wishers about his efforts. Qantas A380 Captain Richard de Crespigny was at the controls of flight QF32, which was on its final leg of a flight from London to

Sukhoi’s new Superjet 100 (SSJ100) airliner has flown its first 66 flights in commercial service, transporting 2885 passengers across a combined distance of 85800km for Armavia Airlines during April-May. Launch customer Armavia, an Armenian-based airline, took delivery of its first SSJ100 on April 19, and has since clocked over 168 flight hours with the aircraft,

Virgin Australia has announced that it will offer business class flights to Mackay and open a new 260 square meter lounge at the city’s airport before the end of 2011, in a bid to lure the region’s lucrative mining and tourism markets. “Mackay is an extremely important market for Virgin Australia,” Virgin Australia CEO and

The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of an extension to Tripartite Deeds for Australia’s privatised airports, which will free up plans to invest up to $9 billion in airport facility upgrades over the next 10 years. “The extension of the tripartite deeds provides for an orderly management process in the

The public debate preceding the decision to establish a no-fly zone over Libya to protect much of its population from the armed forces of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi was largely ill-informed. Many participants offered little more than the usual assertions: that no-fly zones don’t work, cost too much, and cause excessive casualties on both sides.