New CEO takes over at Fiji Airways
Stefan Pichler has taken up his role as CEO of Fiji Airways, taking leadership of the airline as it completes its re-positioning and wrestles with financial challenge. Pichler, who was previously head of Jazeera Airways where he turned that company around to make it one of the industry’s most profitable carriers, said: “The combination of
ATSB unable to pinpoint primary cause of Squirrel accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has completed its final report into the accident of a Eurocopter AS350BA in Queensland on September 8 2011, stating the reason for the loss of control that resulted two fatalities could “not be positively established”. The aircraft, VH-RDU of Heli Charters, with a pilot and two passengers on board,
Air NZ Japan charters set to double visitors
Air New Zealand’s 2013/2014 season of charter services to Japan is set to more than double the number of Japanese visitors to New Zealand this summer. Between December and March the airline will operate 29 charter services to New Zealand from eight Japanese cities. Air New Zealand estimates around 6,000 Japanese visitors will experience the
Boeing forecasts China’s fleet to triple in next 20 years
Boeing projects a demand for 5,580 new airliners in China over the next 20 years. In its newly-released China Current Market Outlook, the manufacturer forecasts the country’s fleet to triple in size, with orders valued at US$780 billion. Long-haul international traffic to and from China is forecasted to grow at an annual rate of 7.2
ELECTION 2013 – What’s in store for the ADF?
In the wake of a few years of significantly reduced budgets, a lot has been said of the lack of defence funding. Much of the argument surrounding the spending cuts have called for resourcing in line with what has been in place for the last ten or so years. But we do need to ask
ELECTION 2013 – Two per cent for real?
For defence will it matter who wins the election? On paper there is little to split the two major sides of politics. Both are committed to growing defence spending to 2 per cent of GDP. Both are committed to big ticket items such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and building 12 submarines in Adelaide.
