A Chance For Australia In A Changing World Scene? Aviation writer and lightplane designer, Brian Creer, has just returned from a six month study of the General Aviation climate in the USA, where major changes are underway, changes which will be mirrored in Australia in the near future. . . Throughout the world there is
Qantas Formally Acquires Australian: September 14 marked Qantas’ $400 million purchase of Australian Airlines, creating the region’s second largest carrier with a fleet of more than 120 aircraft ranging from Cessna Titans to Boeing 7478. The amalgamation of the two airlines will however see more than 600 jobs lost over the coming year as operations
People Air New Zealand has seconded Warren Gwynne to the Orient Airlines Association headquartered in Manilla. James Armstrong has been appointed AWA International Marketing Manager for electronic warfare products. Vice Admiral Alan Beaumont is to take up the position of Chief of the Defence Force in April 1993 in the rank of Admiral, succeeding General
New Caa Flight Forms Introduced: As a part of its drive to simplify procedures and reduce costs to industry, the CAA has introduced new forms to cover flight notification, flight plans and flight notes. The flight notification form only requires departure point, ETD, route segments, flight level/altitude and time intervals. It reflects the various changes
Nulka’s Future up in the Air?: It is understood that the US Government hasindicated that funding of its share of the joint Australia/US Nulka project will not extend beyond the present full scale engineering development (FSED) stage and that the US NAvy is now unlikely to acquire the system in the short term, should it
Fokker/Dasa Deal Done: Following approval of the takeover of Fokker by Deutsche Aerospace (refer p8 Sept 92 AA), full details of the deal have been released. The agreement is due to take effect this month and sees DASA establish a holding company which will own 51% of Fokker This content is available exclusively to Australian