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Thales Select EC135 for Helicopter Aircrew Training System
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 27, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] subsidiary Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) and Thales Australia today named the Eurocopter EC135 as the preferred platform for their bid on the Australian Defence Force… Continue reading
Fourth Airbus Military A330 MRTT handed over to RAAF
The fourth Airbus Military A330 MRTT multi-role tanker transport for the Royal Australian Air Force has been formally handed over to the service, leaving just one aircraft of its order still to be delivered.
Known as the KC-30A in RAAF… Continue reading
Skywest Airlines the First Fokker 100 to implement ADS-B OUT
Fokker Services congratulates Skywest Airlines, based in Perth Australia, as the first Fokker 100 operator worldwide to implement Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B OUT), an Air Traffic Management (ATM) Surveillance system that replaces traditional radar based systems. ADS-B is a… Continue reading
Australia – C-27J Aircraft and Related Support
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Dec. 16 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia for 10 C-27J aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $950 million.
The Government… Continue reading
Skywest Airlines to introduce 5 additional ATR 72-600s into Australia
Australia’s Skywest Airlines will introduce five more ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet, to be operated on a range of routes on behalf of major carrier Virgin Australia. These five aircraft take to 13 the number of firm orders of… Continue reading
Australia – C-17 GLOBEMASTER III Aircraft
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia for one C-17 GLOBEMASTER III aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $300 million.… Continue reading
Qantas responds to industrial action, entire fleet grounded
This step is being taken under the provisions of the Fair Work Act in response to industrial action taken by these unions. The financial impact of action taken to date has reached $68 million and the action is costing Qantas… Continue reading
Virgin Australia inaugurates ATR 72-500 services
A new era of air transport commenced today in Australia when Virgin Australia launched commercial services with the first of its new ATR 72-500 turboprop airliners.
The inaugural flight of Virgin Australia’s first turboprop – and Australia’s first ATR 72… Continue reading
EMBRAER PLACES 1st PHENOM 100 WITH A FLYING SCHOOL IN ASIA-PACIFIC
CAE Global Academy Perth, Australia to use the jet and full-flight simulator for cadet pilot training
Boeing Statement on Australia’s Intent to Order 6th C-17
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 — The government of Australia on Sept. 26 announced its intent to procure a sixth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. Boeing today issued the following statement:
“Boeing is incredibly pleased by the confidence shown… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Royal Australian Air Force’s 5th C-17 Globemaster III
Boeing today delivered Australia’s fifth C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a ceremony at the C-17 program’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. A RAAF delegation led by Stephen Smith, Australia’s Minister for Defence,… Continue reading
A NEAR-miss between two commercial jets over southeast Queensland is being investigated by the national air safety bureau.
Two Boeing 737s, one a Qantas plane and the other Virgin, were en route to Brisbane from Melbourne when they were ordered into a holding pattern about 91km from Brisbane Airport on the morning of July 29.
The planes were… Continue reading