Australian Aviation

Liam McAneny presents a quick guide to some of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest MRO players.

As Australia gears up to welcome its first eVTOLs as soon as 2026, Hannah Dowling investigates the challenges and opportunities of supporting and maintaining the next generation of aerial mobility.

As Air New Zealand prepares to finally bring its fleet of Boeing 777s out of the Californian Desert, Hannah Dowling spills the details of the procedure and the fate of this soon-to-be retired flagship.

Carbon fibre composites manufacturer Quickstep is set to work with Defence to identify the materials necessary to build hypersonic weapons. The business’ CEO, Mark Burgess, explains how it will work.

Australian airlines are struggling to cope with an engineering shortage that is reaching breaking point. Nowhere is the effect being felt more strongly than in regional areas, where aviation businesses struggled to stay afloat through the difficulties of the pandemic. The engineering shortage crisis in the Australian aviation industry has gotten so bad some aren’t

However, there was positive news as aircraft remained at near-record levels of being full. So-called ‘seat utilisation’ was at 83 per cent – a similar level as 2019 and only 3 per cent lower than in July.