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Regional Airline News Air Swift added Karumba and Normanton to its route network from April 6 with three return services weekly operated from Cairns on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Airlines of Tasmania added Latrobe Valley to its network from early May with five return services being operated weekly, Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun, with the Launceston to Flinders

Kansai Opening Amidst Controversy to Usher in a New Era in Japanese Air Transport Situated on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, Japan’s newest gateway and first round-the-clock airport is scheduled to open this September at a total cost of more than $15 billion. Expected to handle 68,000 passengers per day, Kansai will radically alter

United States Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) state that twin engine aeroplanes may not be operated over a route that contains a point further than one hour flying time (in still air at normal cruising speed with one engine inoperative) from an adequate airport unless authorised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). FAA authorisation must then