Aviation leaders to gather for Swinburne University summit
Swinburne University is bringing together a collection of aviation leaders in its first ever leadership summit. The two-day event, featuring Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore, Airbus Group Australia Pacific managing director Tony Fraser and Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief commissioner Martin Dolan, will be held November 10-11 in
Adelaide Airport plans to cut energy consumption and carbon emissions by 10 per cent with the installation of 4,500 solar panels as part of a new rooftop solar system. To be built on top of the short-term car park, construction of the solar system was expected to begin in December and be completed by April 2016,
Qantas expects “significant improvement” in 2015/16 first half
Qantas is expecting to deliver a bumper 2015/16 first half profit as the airline group benefits from lower fuel prices and its cost-cutting initiatives amid modest capacity growth in both the domestic and international market and a mixed Australian economy. The positive outlook statement was provided to shareholders by Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce at
Windup of Jetstar Hong Kong almost complete
No aircraft, no staff and no licence to fly. The wind-up of Jetstar Hong Kong is all but complete. The failed venture has sold all its Airbus A320s and made most of its staff redundant after the three major shareholders cut off any further funding of the proposed airline in response to the Hong Kong
RAAA says industry and CASA rebuilding relationship
Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) chairman Jim Davis says a new Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) board and new director of aviation safety (DAS) are rebuilding the relationship with industry that was damaged over the previous six years. Davis, who is also a director at Regional Express, says recent new CASA directors meant the
Virgin to sell entire Fokker 50 fleet
Virgin Australia’s regional arm is disposing of its eight Fokker 50s and adding four Fokker 100s and an Airbus A320 as part of fleet and operational changes in Western Australia. The 46-seat Fokker 50s have been used to serve West Australian government regulated routes to Albany, Esperance and Ravensthorpe in the state’s south west, as
