Babcock Australasia will soon have 32 helicopters operating from 13 bases around Australia Aviation and engineering support group Babcock Australasia is pushing ahead on a growth path which lifted business by 25 percent in the past year. The British-owned operations in Australia and New Zealand increased regional revenue above $250 million and a major new

The tussle for the lucrative Philippines-Middle East market It is what you might call a Mexican standoff, except in reality it was a confrontation in Cebu, the Philippines major holiday island. Air rights negotiators from the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates went toe-to-toe there late April to thrash out a new agreement that was

The Airbus A350 settles into service and looks to the future Four years after its first flight, the Airbus A350 XWB is proving itself a reliable and passenger-pleasing aircraft as it continues to enter into more airlines’ service. With all the benefits of a new-generation composite twinjet, as well as a spacious economy cabin and

Last hurrah for Skeletor The drawdown of the Royal Australian Navy S-70B-2 Seahawk fleet continues with Seahawk N24‑011 Skeletor completing its last operational flight on March 14 while embarked on HMAS Arunta in the Middle East. After logging around 6,200 flying hours across 28 years, the Navy took the opportunity to retire Skeletor, named for