Usmc Grounded: Almost the entire US Marine Corps fleet of 1150 aircraft was grounded for two days in late September as a ‘safety exercise’ following six accidents since the middle of August. The only USMC aircraft exempt from the grounding were the helicopters of the Presidential Fleet (although ironically one of its Sikorsky Black Hawks

The air transport industry in New South Wales according to Max Hazelton has a good future. Despite a drastic curtailment of regional operations in 1991, his airline, which started services some 40 years ago, has enjoyed incredible growth and popularity as “The Big Country Airline”. However, Hazelton Airlines is climbing out of the doldrums of

Paul Couvret Interviews Bill Swingler The Federal Airports Corporation – friend or foe, savior of our previously rundown airports of fiscal villian? You be the judge as we delve into the complex structure that is the FAC we know today. To find out more about precisely where the FAC is headed in the years ahead,

Air Wars: Don’t waste your time looking for our usual Top 20 Routes data table this issue – there isn’t any! Reason for it’s omission, plus a lack of domestic airline traffic figures for the recently completed September quarter, is that both major airlines are arguing as to what constitutes a ‘domestic’ passenger. At presstime,