Australian Aviation

Virgin Blue has commenced an upgrade of its Brisbane Airport domestic terminal. The refurbishment, which commenced on November 25, will see more modern amenities including parents rooms added, and improved lighting, general finishes and other improvements added over the next five months. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue

Garuda Indonesia has announced it will join the SkyTeam airline alliance in 2012. “Joining SkyTeam is a long term development strategy for Garuda Indonesia, and for years we have been upgrading our service and actively forging cooperation with SkyTeam member airlines with this objective in mind,” said Garuda president and CEO Emirsyah Satar. This content

Brazil’s TAM Airlines and Airbus have conducted a Jatropha based biofuel test flight using one of the airline’s CFM56 powered Airbus A320s. The 45 minute flight from Rio de Janiero’s Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim airport used a 50:50 Jatropha based biofuel and regular jet fuel blend processed by Honeywell subsidiary UOP. Twenty TAM staff and

The airline business is all about passion and going the extra mile, not profit because industry wide there isn’t any money to be made worth banking on. It was passion that drove Paul “Ginty” McGuinness, an adventurous and skillful pilot, and his observer/gunner, Wilmot Hudson Fysh and their friend, and pilot Wilfred Arthur Baird to

Regional Express has appointed aviation safety consultant Ron Bartsch as an independent director. Bartsch has held a range of operational, safety and regulatory roles in the aviation industry, including head of safety and regulatory compliance for Qantas and manager of the CASA Sydney Airline Transport Field Office. The the well known author of a textbook

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ALP Neico Lancair Legacy L2K‑142 12/8/10 Minnen Holdings, PO Box 426 Geraldton WA 6530 N995CB ASY PA‑28‑161 Warrior II 28‑7916308 27/8/10 Blue Range Aviation, 306 Harpers Rd Barjarg Vic 3723 N2087U BKS SIAI Marchetti S211 004/02‑001 30/8/10 Royston Ferris, PO Box 483 Narrabeen NSW 2101 380 (Republic of