Australian Airports Association (AAA) chief executive Caroline Wilkie has welcomed the ongoing support of the corporate sector over the past 12 months. The association, which represents about 260 airports around the country from the major international gateways to smaller rural airstrips, said on Wednesday it ended 2014/15 with 130 corporate members. The AAA said corporate membership
Gold Coast Airport plans to start construction of new aircraft stands and aerobridges in early 2016 in order to meet the growth in passenger traffic expected in the years ahead. Stage one of the project involves upgrading the southern end of the airport, including a terminal development, building three new Code E aircraft parking stands
Vietnam Airlines has showed off its first Boeing 787-9 with a spectacular flight over Washington DC ahead the aircraft’s entry into service and signalled its interest in taking more Boeing aircraft by signing a “memorandum of collaboration”. Although the airline was scheduled to formally take delivery of the first of 19 Dreamliners on order later
RAAA 2015 scholarships closing soon
There are only a few weeks left for aspiring pilots and engineers to apply for the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s (RAAA) 2015 scholarships. Applications for the four scholarships on offer in 2015 are due by July 31. The scholarships are the Ansett Aviation Training Pilot Scholarship, the Hawker Pacific/Australian Avionics Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers
CASA hosting regional forum in Mildura
Mildura in country Victoria will host the first of a series of events for Australia’s aviation sector to meet with Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore and his team. The first event, at the Mildura Golf Club, will be held on July 30 and is due to start at 0900
CASA boss seeks to get the balance right
CASA director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore says the regulator faces the constant challenge of striking the right balance between maintaining appropriate safety standards without placing too much of a burden on operators. “Looking back we can see times when the pendulum has swung both ways, possibly too much at times,” Skidmore told Flight Safety Australia on the
