Cobham to introduce E190 with Chevron contract extension win
Charter and fly-in/fly-out operator Cobham Aviation Services says it has won a contract extension with resources giant Chevron to 2020 worth up to $160 million and will add an Embraer E190 jet to its fleet. Cobham says it will be the first Australian operator of the Embraer in the closed charter aviation sector. “The introduction
Sydney, Adelaide to get updated list of curfew-exempt aircraft
The federal government is moving to overhaul the “out-dated” list of aircraft permitted to takeoff and land during curfew hours at Sydney and Adelaide airports. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss says removing older, noisier business jets from the list will encourage operators to update their fleets. The list of
Airservices says OneSKY project on track
Airservices chief executive Margaret Staib says the move to a common air traffic management system with the ADF is progressing as planned and the project is on track to start construction in 2015. The OneSKY project, which aimed to unify Australian skies under one air traffic management system, would be introduced in a phased transition from 2018 to
Aircalin’s new colours debut on new A320
The first aircraft to feature Aircalin’s new livery touched down in Sydney on Thursday morning. The New Caledonian airline’s newly-delivered Airbus A320, F-OZNC, entered service on Tuesday when it operated a return service between Noumea and Melbourne, and then returned to Australia on Thursday to operate Noumea-Sydney-Noumea-Brisbane-Noumea. “The new livery is a blend of traditional
QantasLink to expand Tamworth maintenance facilities
Qantas regional subsidiary QantasLink has announced an expansion of its Dash 8 turboprop maintenance facilities at Tamworth. The expansion will see the upgrade of QantasLink’s existing Tamworth Airport hangar and the expansion into a second hangar, and will lead to the creation of 25 new jobs at the site. “The new hangar allows us to do
AMSA awards 10-year contract to McMurdo Group
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded McMurdo Group’s Techno-Sciences Inc a 10-year contract to build and operate a new satellite ground station and mission control centre for detecting emergency distress beacons. Construction of a six-antenna medium-altitude earth orbit search and rescue (MEOSAR) facility at Mingenew, about 380 kilometres north of Perth in Western
