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/Seahawk Replacement Tender Released the Dmo Has Released Tender Solicitation Documents to the Us Navy and Australian Aerospace for the Supply of Up to 24 Naval Combat Helicopters to Replace the Ran’s Seahawks and Foregone Seasprite Capability Under Air 9000 Phase 8. The Tender Release Follows First Pass Approval of the Project in February, and
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/Here the A6M3 Model 22 Zero NX712Z trails smoke after being “shot” by Frank Parker’s ex 75 Squadron RAAF Kittyhawk ZK-CAG during a photo shoot over Lake Wanaka. (Gavin Conroy) Big Changes at Temora The Temora Aviation Museum (Tam) Has Announced Big Changes to Its Display Program Format. This content is available exclusively to Australian
Read moreSkywest sees passenger increase
Skywest has released its May operating figures, showing that it had a 7.21 per cent increase in passengers on its RPT services for the month. The increase in passenger numbers helped to push up revenue passenger kilometres by 9.53 per cent, while capacity increased by 1.13 per cent. Load factor increased by four percentage points
Read moreTiger Airways returns to Darwin
Tiger Airways recommenced services to Darwin on June 18, with the carrier starting daily services from Melbourne for the peak tourist season. “The return of Darwin to our network is something we have been working on closely with Darwin Airport and Tourism NT,” said Tiger’s managing director Crawford Rix. “With six weekly flights commencing from
Read moreHawker Pacific Asia becomes HBC authorised service centre
Hawker Pacific Asia’s operation at Malaysia’s Subang Airpark at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport has become an authorised service centre for Hawker Beechcraft, making it the first facility to be authorised in Malaysia. “The number of King Air turboprops in this part of the world continues to grow as its reputation for versatility and
Read moreVocal few raise aircraft noise complaints
Airservices Australia CEO Greg Russell has told a Senate committee hearing that more than half of the 24,000 noise complaints received by the ATC provider came from only 20 individuals. Russell noted that two-thirds of complaints received in Perth were from the same two people, while one-third of complaints in Sydney came from one person.
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