RAAF P3 is not easily replaced
Next year, after half a century of meritorious service, the RAAF P3 submarine hunter/killers will be finally withdrawn.
Aviation
Airlines ‘play up airport costs’
Airlines have been accused of overstating the impact of airport charges on their ability to deliver competitively priced airfares.
Flight training transition pain
More than 240 flight training schools have been granted licensing approval under new Civil Aviation Safety regulations.
Market seeks to top up flights
Twelve international airlines are being pitted against each other in a capacity contest designed to ensure full aircraft from Asia.
Pressure mounts on Qantas over fees
More airports attack Qantas over its refusal to pay increased charges that would help fund improvements at regional runways.
Mass illness quarantines plane
A plane from Dubai is quarantined at JFK airport in New York after up to 100 people on board reported falling ill.
Round world flights for $999
Flight Centre has taken airfare discounting to new heights, releasing an around-the-world economy fare for less than $1000.
F-35 a silent, long-range assassin
Israel would not have purchased the F35 if it was a dog.
Boeing runs out of room
Demand for the latest 737 is causing big headaches for a little airport.
Qantas rejects ‘too high’ fees
Qantas has been accused of holding smaller airports to ransom by refusing to pay increased aeronautical fees.
Pilots know: time for JSF Plan B
Lockheed is quietly pitching a new strategy to the Pentagon to try to get America back in the air power race.
HNA ‘open’ to Virgin stake sale
China’s HNA Group is reported to be receiving expressions of interest for its 19.8pc stake in Virgin Australia Holdings.
Joyce has pay wings clipped
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has had to make do with a significantly lower salary in the 2018 financial year.
Qantas CEO’s pay nosedives
A sharp drop in share-based incentives has more than halved Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s remuneration package for 2018.
Air safety breach ‘endangered all’
A serious safety oversight has stunned many in Australia’s aviation industry.
Piloting with drones
Pilot and drone business operator Mitch Bannink is blown away by the speed of the fledgling industry’s advancement.
Striving for gender balance
Female pilots will fly straight through the glass ceiling as airlines set their sights on women recruits.
Race for Qantas pilot academy
Regional towns are battling it out to secure the lucrative addition of one of two new Qantas pilot academies.
Toughest landing of all
I have always been of the opinion that the single most demanding flying skill is that of landing on an aircraft carrier at night.
Shrinking feeling in plane toilets
The ascent of the small plane toilet means cramped air passengers may find busting out of the loo as much of a problem as busting to use it.
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