If recent media reports are anything to go by, Australia is in the grip of a pilot shortage. Airlines, regional and GA operators have been finding that the market for pilots has shifted enormously since there was an oversupply in 2001 after the collapse of Ansett. The problem has been driven largely by a buoyant

Bombardier’s racy looking ‘super-light’ Learjet 45XR business jet recently visited Australia on a sales tour. The demonstrator flew into Australia from Singapore on November 6, stopping first at Perth before heading to Melbourne, Sydney (where Australian Aviation had a tour of the aircraft), and the Gold Coast. It then flew over to Auckland and Christchurch

Tiger Airways Australia takes off The headline writers and commentators had a field day with the launch of Tiger Airways’s Australian domestic services in November with feline cliches abounding as Tiger’s CEO Tony Davis and arch rival Jetstar’s CEO Alan Joyce traded marketing barbs. While the media focused on comparisons with Impulse and Compass I

Aviation under a Labor government It’s a rare event, a change in federal government. A new minister responsible for aviation, and a new aviation policy, hold out promise of new directions for Australia’s aviation industry. It’s fair to say that after over 11 years of the former Coalition government’s light handed, almost hands-off approach to