Regional Airline News In this issue of Traffic we record the entry into service of two new commuter airlines so perhaps at last we are starting to see some traffic growth on our regional airline routes. Air Facilities extended its network on February 23 with a weekly service on the route from Albury to Corowa

The airline deregulation scene in Australia continues to head down the same path as taken by so many airlines in North America. Our industry is now dominated by two large carriers while there appears little or no chance of any new airline commencing operations. The period under review has perhaps seen the greatest shakeout ever

Dino DiFelice from Holland Park in Queensland writes to say he has purchased every issue of AA magazine since 1986 and truly believes that “we have the best aviation magazine around”. Dino uses a PRO- 2003 receiver, and a wire FM antenna about 1. 5 me- tres in length, and states “it is quite efficient”.

Robinson R44 Astro If you get it right the first time, why change it? These thoughts sprang to mind as I walked around the brand new Robinson R44 helicopter sitting in Heliflite’s hangar at Castle Hill. I had been invited by Lyndsay Edmonds, of Heliflite, the Australian Distributors of the R44, to sample the new