Fokker Bankrupt Attempts to find a buyer for Fokker following major shareholder DASA’s decision to withdraw financial support in January have failed, leaving the Dutch manufacturer bankrupt. Production has ceased, leaving thousands out of work and customers with aircraft on order with problems. A full report on this very sad situation appears on page 21

Qantas Wins India Rights: The International Air Services Commission has allocated Australian carrier traffic rights to India to Qantas over proposed new start Australian Connection Airlines. The IASC stated that the air services agreement between Australia and India allows only for single designation status, meaning that only one applicant could be allocated capacity on the

Excellent Avalon Airshows Downunder Avalon 95 was a significant success in more ways than one. If you were a spectator then it had plenty to offer with mostly reasonable weather albeit on the windy side during the trade days, and a number of interesting visitors to make the show something totally different by traditional Australian

Register Review Thirty-four aircraft appear in the New Allocations section this month, representing a small increase in the number of aircraft registered in Australia with only 24 listed in the Deletions section. The most interesting addition is the Pacific Air Freighters Douglas DC-4 which has become PAF after several months of operation using its American