Australian Aviation

The Fraser Coast Regional Council has announced that it will not levy landing fees at the Hervey Bay and Maryborough airports for private aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight below 2000kg. The announcement comes after the council and the Fraser Coast Aviation Group began working together to develop a plan to improve aviation tourism in

Boeing Business Jets has delivered the first VIP configured 777-200LR to Saudi Arabia based aircraft management company Aviation Link Co. The 777 will undergo interior completion works at Amac Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland, later in the month before the aircraft is delivered to its private owner in 2012. This content is available exclusively to Australian

There is so much that can, and will, be written about the QF32 accident, but being the newsophile that I am, I thought it would be interesting to examine the communications that have happened over the past week. In later posts I’ll talk more about the possible damage to the Qantas brand as well as

Tecnam’s P2006T light twin Aviation has always been about innovation – taking that next step in the pursuit of efficiency. In the light twin world, a new contender has emerged, the Tecnam P2006T, and it is full of surprises. THE NEXT STEP The growth of the Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) category typifies the new direction

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun interviewing the two pilots who were flying the Qantas Airbus A380 which experienced an uncontained engine failure on November 10. The ATSB said in an update that the interviews are being conducted in Sydney, and are being assisted by an Airbus A380 test pilot. “The flightcrew interviews

Virgin Blue has reportedly put a big offer to the Australian Football League to unseat Qantas as the official carrier of the League from next year. According to the Herald Sun, the AFL’s agreement with Qantas, which started in 2002, is due to expire at the end of this year. In response, Virgin is understood