H135 receives EASA approval for Helionix avionics
Airbus Helicopters has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification for its Helionix avionics system installed in new build twin-engine H135s. Designed in-house, Airbus says the Helionix cockpit system, which is already available in its H145 medium-twin and H175 super-medium types, will offer H135 operators with increased mission flexibility and improved safety. Integrated with
Federal government backs Sunshine Coast Airport expansion with $181 million loan
Sunshine Coast Airport will receive a $181 million loan from the federal government to help fund its new runway and terminal expansion. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester made the announcement of the concessional loan on Thursday. The new 2,450m long and 45m wide runway to be built in a north-west/south-east orientation (Runway
First RAAF P-8A arrival marks beginning of a “5th gen maritime surveillance force”
The first of a planned fleet of 15 Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft for the RAAF was officially welcomed in Canberra on Wednesday by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies. P-8A serial A47-001 touched down in Canberra shortly before 1pm after making the short hop from Avalon, near Melbourne,
Qantas finishes wifi installation on trial Boeing 737
Qantas has completed the installation of internet wifi equipment on board a Boeing 737-800 ahead of customers being able to use the service “early next year”. The 737-800, VH-XZB, was fitted with a satellite antenna, multiple wireless access points in the cabin and other hardware at Qantas’s Brisbane engineering base. The airline said it took
Sydney Airports appoints new chief operating officer
Current Sydney Airport chief financial officer (CFO) Hugh Wehby will have responsibility for the airport’s operations and the potential opportunity at the proposed Badgerys Creek airport from Janauary 2017 after being named the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). Sydney Airport said in a statement on Tuesday that Wehby’s appointment to COO was prompted by
Federal government looks to issue Badgerys Creek airport contract by end of the year
Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher says the government is on track to issue Sydney Airport the sales contract to build and operate the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek before the end of 2016. In a speech to a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event in Parramatta on Monday, Fletcher said work on the
