Alliance Airlines expects to benefit from proposed Virgin Australia partnership by end of 2016/17
Alliance Aviation Services managing director Scott McMillan says the benefits of the proposed partnership with Virgin Australia should start flowing through later in 2016/17. In September, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) and Alliance sought Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) approval to work together in the charter market on joint tendering for corporate fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) contracts.
RAAF explores augmented reality
The potential Defence applications of augmented reality visualisation technology have been showcased through a demonstration of holographic software developed by Saab Australia and the Microsoft HoloLens holographic computer. The event was conducted as an initiative of the Jericho Dawn program of demonstrations, which forms part of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Plan Jericho transformation effort,
Qantas reveals new livery and logo
Qantas has unveiled an updated livery and kangaroo logo to coincide with plans to introduce the Boeing 787 into service late next year. The airline says the new livery is only the fifth to be introduced since the kangaroo first appeared on Qantas aircraft in 1944, and the first livery refresh since 2007 ahead of the
RAAA scholarship winners for 2016 announced
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has announced the recipients of its 2016 scholarships. The two Ansett Aviation Training Scholarships went to Brenton Anderson from Airline Academy of Australia and James Trudgett from Moorabbin Flying Services. The pair will undergo a complete endorsement on the Beechcraft Super Kingair B200 or Fairchild Metroliner III/23. The
Nominations open for RAeS Australian Division Sir Lawrence Hargrave Award
The Australian division of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) has opened nominations for the 2017 Sir Lawrence Hargrave Award. The award seeks to recognise achievements at all levels and in all disciplines of Australian aerospace and is presented every two years. “Any Australian working in, or retired from, a discipline involved in the support of
Lockheed Martin to export Australian over-the-horizon radar technology to the US Navy
The US government has selected Lockheed Martin Australia to provide high frequency over-the-horizon radar technology to the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in a move that reinforces Australia’s status as a provider of world-leading radar technology, the company stated. This technology is the result of a partnership between Lockheed Martin Australia and Adelaide-based high-powered amplifier
