Australian Aviation

Amid an ongoing skill shortage within Australia’s aviation sector, hundreds of specially trained and highly skilled employees have left the country beneath our very noses, possibly never to return. Hannah Dowling investigates.

Eric Allen tells the story of how Qantas moved on from its turboprops to enter a new era of aviation. 

The business said the rebranding would come alongside upgrading the 300-ha precinct at Bankstown to include a revamped passenger terminal, new café and management office.

The storage facility’s director of public safety sent out an alert on Tuesday after the US National Weather Service issued a wind advisory to the airport.

The United Firefighters Union aviation secretary Wes Garrett said the union believes there “won’t be any aircraft moving” during those four hours, in a move likely to cause significant disruption.

Australian Aviation’s Adam Thorn and Defence Connect’s Liam Garman discuss the biggest issues facing the RAAF.