Australian Aviation

Rex is primed to take Qantas on head-on, after the Flying Kangaroo announced it will soon begin operating two weekly return flights between Sydney and Broken Hill – a route that Rex has operated solely for 18 years.

It comes after Virgin grew its market share on the Perth-Broome route from 34 per cent to over 40 per cent in 2021 alone, and now operates up to three daily return services on the route.

An Air New Zealand flagship Boeing 777-300 has returned to the skies for the first time in almost 600 days, as it prepares to restart international cargo operations.

Cobham has welcomed its sixth Dash 8 Q400 into its fleet, ahead of its planned start of commercial services from mid-February. The new aircraft will support the operator’s charter and FIFO operations from its Perth base.

This month, Australian Aviation sat down with Vincent D’Rozario, the CHC Helicopters regional director for the Asia-Pacific region, to learn more about how he runs the business, his approach to safety, and adapting to ‘the new normal’ in the post-COVID environment Q: So, tell us a bit more about CHC Helicopters, and its Australian operations.

The Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI) recently called the new Australia-based Rotorcraft Asia-Pacific Business Association to discuss the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and other topics of mutual commercial interest within APAC. As a result, an online meeting with RWSI key players was held during August 2020. Air Vice Marshall (Ret’d) K Sridharan,