China Route Again Open To Review: In a draft decision on August 8, the International Air Services Commission stated that it was not allowing a time extension for new entrant Australia Air to raise the capital required to allow commencement of air services to China. Prior to the IASC draft decision, Australia Air founder Colin
Crunch Time At The Caa It has been a long time in coming but the July 20 release of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation reports into two significant air crashes has certainly spelt crunch time for the beleaguered Civil Aviation Authority. The BASI reports had all the hallmarks of a brewing thunderstorm. Weeks before
Crunch Time At The CAA It has been a long time in coming but the July 20 release of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation reports into two significant air crashes has certainly spelt crunch time for the beleaguered Civil Aviation Authority. The BASI reports had all the hallmarks of a brewing thunderstorm. Weeks before
Register Review Unfortunately the positive remarks about the growing numbers of aircraft on the CAA register last month have been undermined by a downward trend this month with 16 aircraft registered plus three restorations but on the negative side there were 26 aircraft deleted from the register. Of the four helicopters in the New Allocations
Strung Out! Back in the 1950s, aircrew in the USAF flying C-97s, the military version of the Boeing Stratocruiser four engined airliner, often got bored with carting army personnel all over the US and Canada to various exercises. The routine flying got very monotonous, so one crew member of a Stratocruiser thought he had better
Ansett Nz Closer To Blue Skies Ansett New Zealand is forecasting a big improvement on its $NZ37.2 million loss last year. The airline which took off in 1987 is reported to have lost a total of about $NZ200m. Management will not say however if it is making money for the first time in seven years.