Asta Sold The sale of Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) has been completed, Rockwell Systems Australia Pty Ltd (RSA) having purchased all of the Government’s shares for $40m. RSA has developed a business plan for ASTA that will involve the transfer of approximately $130m worth of additional aero component work to ASTA over the next

Boeing Believes That The Recession Is Over Strong growth in the Asian and other air freight markets is a key indicator of recovery in the world economy according to Boeing, which says that trends in air cargo tend to indicate wider economic trends. Freight traffic on Asian routes experienced the highest rate of growth (13%)

Seaview Ice Theory Supported Those who support the theory that Seaview Air Turbo Commander VH-SVQ crashed en route to Lord Howe Island last October due to airframe icing have received a boost following a re-enactment of the flight. An identical aircraft was hired by the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) in June to retrace

Will Anything Change With The Death Of The Caa? As announced almost a year ago the Civil Aviation Authority was to be officially put to death on June 30, to be replaced by two new agencies on July 1. Yet even with all the time available to it the bureaucracy still couldn’t get its act