First Australian 407GX sale
Hawker Pacific has announced the first sale of the Bell 407GX to a private Australian customer. The sale comes on the back of a region-wide demonstration tour. The aircraft is expected for delivery in early 2014 and will be based in Sydney for corporate and VIP operations. The aircraft will be customised and maintained by
Where next for the F/A-18?
Even as the US Navy celebrated the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet’s 35th anniversary with the fleet at a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River this week, public debate remains around the platform’s future. Boeing is slated to continue the F/A-18 production line until the end of 2016, unless further orders are placed by the US
Heron’s Afghan mission extended
The government has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment in Afghanistan until July 2014. Heron has been operating in Afghanistan since January 2010 from Kandahar Air Field, providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support to the ADF in Uruzgan province and southern Afghanistan, and was expected to return to Australia at the completion
Jetstar to stay at Avalon until 2015
The Victorian government has pieced together a deal between Jetstar and Avalon Airport that will see the airline stay on until at least April 2015. Jetstar had announced last week that it was considering dropping Avalon due to services being unprofitable. Local and state media reported that the government is understood to be contributing the majority
Ceremonial acceptance for first RAN Romeos
The Royal Australian Navy has taken ceremonial delivery of its first two MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters in a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility on Tuesday. The first two of 24 MH-60 Romeos being acquired under AIR 9000 Phase 8 to replace the S-70B Seahawk and the cancelled SH-2G Seasprite capability were handed
US Airways to join oneworld alliance
Following the merger completion between American Airlines and US Airways, the later airline will join the oneworld alliance on March 31, 2014. The airline will exit the Star Alliance with final flights on March 30, 2014. “Until the full integration of American Airlines and US Airways – which will see the combined airline retaining the American
