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The push by the federal government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to allow foreign airlines to fly domestic routes is both seriously flawed on safety grounds and ill thought out, and would bring nothing but grief for the industry and the country. The simple fact is that virtually any foreign airline can already
New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AAJ Bell 206B‑2 JetRanger II 48 29/9/08 Jeff McTaggart, PO Box 1174 Surfers Paradise Qld 4217 VH‑BRQ PK‑OBI P2‑AJJ VH‑AJJ RP‑C842 PI‑C842 PI‑C1890 AGL Eurocopter AS 350B2 Squirrel 4146 15/9/08 Touchdown Helicopters, PO Box 386 Wollongong NSW 2520 C‑GTSZ ATB Robinson R44 Raven II 12332 16/9/08 Helicopter Flight
Essendon Airport has been serving regional and metropolitan Victoria successfully for over 85 years, but Premier John Brumby has stated in the Victorian parliament that he wishes to close the airport in the “medium term”. So the recent announcement by the federal transport minister, Anthony Albanese, to approve the Essendon Airport 20 year master plan
By now, all AOC holders will have received correspondence from CASA about the need to have a Drug and Alcohol Management Plan in place by March 23 2009. DAMPs will be compulsory for all aerial application operators with an employee/contractor and AAAA is working to make this as simple as possible for members. AAAA is
Think back to your first instructor. What was it that you will always remember about him or her? Was it the grubby flight jacket? Maybe it was the polished shoes or the never ironed trousers? What about the bad breath or body odour? Almost every instructor has a little something about them, other than instructional
Airport Values The Queensland state government’s 12. 4 per cent stake in Brisbane Airport (BACL) was sold to existing major holders for $289. 4m, valuing the airport at $2. 3bn. As the first significant airport sale in today’s economic environment it provides a fair yardstick of what such assets are presently worth. However, as almost
