Australian Aviation

Texas based GA manufacturer, Mooney, has laid off all but 10 of its employees as the search for an investor/s to save the company continues. The company, which had 500 employees in 2008 when lay offs commenced, will further reduce its current workforce of 53 in the next few weeks. This content is available exclusively

A perfect storm of wet paddocks, big crops, high pest loads and pilot and aircraft shortages has led to considerable pressure on pilots and operators across the eastern states. This is a great time for budding ag pilots to get involved with the industry and hopefully the seasonal turnaround will last long enough for many

With the balance of power in the new federal parliament held by the three rural independents, a rare chance exists to sort out the nation’s many struggling aerodromes, of which many are within their electorates. Given major promises made by both sides to regional and remote areas, the Regional Aviation Association of Australia, the Aircraft

At the recent RAAA Convention at Coolum, numerous operators commented on some customer expectations that low cost carrier (LCC) ticket structures should be available on regional routes. While some main trunk and tourist route carriers may support a LCC model, this cannot be applied to the majority of regional and remote routes. This content is

Qantas at 90 For all of Qantas’s 90 year history, the airline industry has been a fickle one. The Qantas of today would be completely unrecognisable to Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness as the company they started in outback Queensland in November 1920, but one thing they have shared with Qantas’s current management under the

Airbus has selected Goodrich to provide the main landing gear for the A350-1000 long range twin. The main gear on the -1000 is different to that on the smaller A350-800/900 models which will be supplied by Messier-Dowty. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this