10 Years Ago • The US Department of Defense has allocated the designation of F108-GE-100 for the CFM56 engines to be fitted to much of the USAF Boeing KC-135 fleet. Deliveries of the re-engined KC-135Rs will begin later this year and current plans provide for up to 300 KC-135Rs to be completed. The RAN took

Parliamentary Enquiry Slates Caa Over Taaats Contract There is no doubt that at $11. 95 a copy, the eagerly awaited Macphee TAAATS report is value for money. Briefly, Ian Macphee was asked by Senator Cook, Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support to carry out an independent review of the CAA’s tender evaluation process for the

Ba’s Qantas Stake: Among all the dramas associated with the British Airways/ USAir and Virgin Atlantic situations comes some good news for BA, namely the fact that the Australian government approved on December 17 the airline’s acquisition of 25% of Qantas for $665m. BA has gone to great lengths to assure Australians that this is

Bottom Line Malaysian Airline System has announced a group operating profit of $M149m ($A83m) for the six months ending September 30, 1992, representing a profit growth of 5. 5% compared to the previous six month period. The Federal Airports Corporation has recorded a profit for the 1991/91 financial year of $34. 9 million on revenues