Australian Aviation

REX IS an airline renowned for doing things differently. As Australia’s largest regional airline, our rich history is peppered with examples of innovative approaches and ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking. This explains how a small regional airline can make more accumulated absolute profits than Qantas since the global financial crisis of 2008 and arrive at the pandemic with

The last few years have seen a huge number of new entrants and business models radically disrupted the bizjet market Change is the only constant There has been an acceleration of new business models in private aviation. NetJets shifted private aviation beyond simple ownership when it pioneered business jet charter and aircraft management in 1964,

  Last year was perhaps the most hectic and bizarre of most of our working lives. And so Momentum Media, the company that owns Australian Aviation alongside a raft of other brands, decided to arrange an overnight conference and Christmas party for all its staff in the Hunter Valley. In order to allow us to

In this MRO special, we find out what really goes on in the super-secretive world of aircraft storage facilities. Plus, we also investigate the lack of engineers in our industry and what we can do about it, chat to Hornet-pilot turned Nova founder Jim Whalley, and examine the latest advances in MRO tech.

In this rotor special, we examine the hugely anticipated Bell 525 Relentless, discuss what has happened in the nine months since the bushfire royal commission and take a look at Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet. Plus, we open our archives to celebrate the enduring Chinook as Australia places an order for four more.

After a tough year, we celebrate airports’ resurgence. In particular, we speak to Avalon’s Justin Giddings, outline how our biggest airports innovated due to the downturn, and reveal the destinations set to benefit the most Australia’s cheap flights initiative.