Emirates records big profit
Emirates Airline has recorded a profit of US$887m (A$948m) in the year ended March 31, a 43 per cent rise over last year’s result. The airline said it had invested US$6bn (A$6.4bn) to grow its capacity in the 2013/14 financial year at the fastest rate in its history as it added nine new destinations to
The F/A-18Fs of the RAAF’s 82WG based at Amberley have been conducting trial flights with Boeing AGM-84J Harpoon anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missiles in recent weeks. The trials are part of the development of systems, procedures and training to employ the Harpoon with a full operational clearance, and are based on those used by the US
USMC deploys first RQ-21A UAS
The USMC has made the first operational deployment of its new Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned system. The deployment is being made by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 which is based at MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina to the Middle East area of operations for ISR ground support missions. The RQ-21A is a development
S-92 chosen as next US presidential helo
The Sikorsky S-92 has been named as the US Navy’s Presidential Helicopters Replacement Program (VXX) winner. Sikorsky was the sole bidder for the program, and has been awarded a US$1.24bn (A$1.32bn) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract to deliver two VH-92 development aircraft in 2018, and four operational evaluation aircraft. The contract announcement says it
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has told the Macquarie Australia Conference in Sydney that the airline is on track to achieve $800 million in savings by June 2015, and the planned $2 billion in savings by early 2017. The airline will have reduced its full-time employee numbers by 2,200 by the end of June this year,
The Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia (WA/AA) national summit 2014 will be held on Friday October 17 at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. The summit aims to promote the issue of gender diversity and the participation of women within the aviation and aerospace sector in Australia, and the program will provide a network for women
