AAAA to hold firefighting conference in August
Australia’s aerial firefighting community will shortly gather in Albury for the first in what is hoped to be an annual conference. The Aerial Application Association of Australia (AAAA) is hosting the conference, to be held over two days on August 4-5, to discuss better and safer ways to keep residents and property safe during the
Jetstar 787s to fly the Tasman over summer
Jetstar says it will deploy Boeing 787-8 widebodies across the Tasman for seven weeks over the busy summer holidays. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier says the Dreamliner is scheduled to fly on Mondays on the Melbourne-Auckland and Auckland-Sydney routes from the middle of December 2015 to the end of January 2016. Jetstar, which took delivery of
Australian Airports Association (AAA) chairman Stephen Goodwin will step down in October after five years in the role. The AAA said in a statement on Thursday Goodwin, who is general manager of operations at Brisbane Airport, has decided not to stand for re-election when his current term expired. He will remain on the board as
Seventh RAAF C-17 delivered
The seventh Boeing C-17A Globemaster for the RAAF arrived on delivery at Amberley on Wednesday. Australia’s acquisition of two additional C-17s, taking the fleet to eight, was confirmed in April, and A41-213’s arrival at RAAF Base Amberley marks the fastest delivery of an Australian C-17, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said in statement. The eighth aircraft is due to be
Virgin posts $93.8mln net loss for 2014/15
Virgin Australia says cost reductions and the improved performance of its low-cost subsidiary Tigerair Australia have led to a reduced full year loss of $93.8 million for 2014/15. The company reported a statutory net loss after tax of $93.8 million for the 12 months to June 30 2015, a $261.8 million improvement from the $355.6
Quickstep on track to deliver first F-35 vertical tail shipset to Marand by end of 2015
Quickstep Holdings says it is on track to deliver the first shipset of carbon fibre composite parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter vertical tails by the end of 2015. The Bankstown Airport-based manufacturer says it continues to make progress on the qualification process for production of the F-35 vertical tail components. “Under its agreement
