Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester has issued a fresh Statement of Expectations (SOE) for the board of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The new SOE, which took effect from March 27 2017 and runs until June 30 2019, sets out CASA’s governance, regulatory approach, key aviation activities and stakeholder engagement functions. Chester said CASA
Camcopter UAV crashes at Jervis Bay range
An investigation has begun after a Schiebel Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed yesterday at Beecroft Air Weapons Range, Jervis Bay, New South Wales. At approximately 10am on March 27, the vertical takeoff and landing UAV crashed while conducting flying conversion training for Royal Australian Navy personnel, a spokesperson for Defence told Australian Defence Business
Lufthansa and Cathay sign codeshare agreement for Australia/New Zealand to Europe routes
Lufthansa is offering is passengers a new one-stop option between Europe and Australia/New Zealand via Hong Kong through a codeshare agreement with Cathay Pacific. Under the proposed partnership, Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines will place their airline code on Cathay’s flights from Hong Kong to Auckland, Cairns, Melbourne and Sydney from April 26 2017 onwards.
Chinese airlines will be able to operate 59 passenger flights a week to and from New Zealand under an expanded bilateral air services agreement. New Zealand Transport Minister Simon Bridges said the new limit was an increase from 49 flights a week currently and could rise further in the coming years should there be demand
Cathay Pacific begins A350 services to Brisbane
Brisbane Airport has welcomed its first Airbus A350 operator with Cathay Pacific introducing the type on its nonstop service from Hong Kong on Sunday. Cathay Pacific’s CX157, operated by B-LRA, touched down at Brisbane Airport a little after 2230 local time after an eight and a half hour journey from Hong Kong. The A350-900, which features
Aviation training ship on track for HATS
The Multirole Aviation Training Vessel (MATV) MV Sycamore will be ready to train the first students under the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) as scheduled despite a “misalignment” of project schedules at the time of HATS contract signature, Defence has confirmed. The MATV, which is being procured separately from HATS to support a range of
