Australian Aviation

A restructure of top positions means Cameron Wallace will in July be appointed as the new head of the Flying Kangaroo’s international operation, with current executive Andrew David departing later this year.

This year’s individual categories include those recognising pilots, engineers and executives, as well as groups such as airlines, airports and start-ups.

The incident is eerily similar to an occurrence earlier this month involving a larger Qantas Dreamliner sat at Newcastle Airport.

The new widebodies are already two years late and could be crucial to Qantas both launching new international routes or adding capacity to existing services.

The iconic American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter started compatibility trials aboard the landing helicopter dock ship on 22 February.

The planemaker played down safety concerns on the aircraft currently flying and insisted only “near-term” deliveries would be affected.