Australian Aviation

The current CTAF procedures as we know them were introduced in November 2005. Since that time there have been a number of changes and now yet more are in the wind. Earlier in 2009 CASA put out a proposed regulation change, NPRM 0908S, for comment by October 23. The proposal covered several items relating to

Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding which will pave the way for it to join the oneworld alliance. “Becoming part of oneworld would be one of our most significant steps so far – and is right in line with our vision to become one of the world’s top airlines,” said Kingfisher

CASA has reportedly suspended the pilot’s licence of Dominic James, the Pel-Air pilot who successfully ditched an IAI Westwind into the ocean off Norfolk Island after the aircraft ran low on fuel whilst on an air ambulance flight late last year. According to The Australian newspaper, James’s licence has been suspended by CASA as part

Three weeks after Qantas’s 33 per cent cuts to Barcaldine and Blackall (temporarily approved by Queensland government), they were rescinded after community backlash. Both airports have been recently upgraded to Dash 8-300 capacity, and are to be further upgraded to Q400 level by immediate grants, becoming the smallest towns to handle the world’s biggest regional

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) says that changes to cockpit access rules which are being reintroduced by the government into federal Parliament could decrease air safety and criminalise pilots. The union has expressed its concern that the proposed changes to the Australian Aviation Transport Regulations, which were subject to a disallowance motion in

QantasLink has announced that it will upgrade a number of regional services in Queensland from April 6 as it takes delivery of its 20th Bombardier Q400. The changes will see the addition of two additional 74-seat Q400 services on the Bundaberg-Brisbane route, as well as the upgrading of two services from 50-seat Q300s to Q400s,