The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has called for the development of a state aviation strategy for South Australia in order to “maximise the economic and social contribution of aviation and airports to the…economy.” Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the AAA said in a statement that such a strategy “would establish a clear vision for aviation in
Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) has announced it will commence works to expand the apron area south west of Terminal 1 later this month to create more space for aircraft parking. An AAL statement said the expansion will add approximately 20,000 square metres of space to the southern apron, creating sufficient parking for an additional four
British Airways has issued a statement saying it will continue to operate services to Australia following Virgin Atlantic’s announcement last week that it would withdraw from the Australian market from May. As the last European airline to soon be operating RPT services to Australia, BA says it is expanding its services to the Asia region
REX has announced its subsidiary AirLink will not take up the licences it was granted for services between Sydney and Cobar and Mudgee because “negotiations on partnership agreements with both councils” had broken down. In a February 7 statement, AirLink CEO David Brooksby said that the two routes represented a “significant commercial risk” and that
The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has called for a full review of the CASA regulations governing the operation of Australian aerodromes as part of its submission to the government’s review of aviation safety regulation. Specifically, the industry body says MOS Part 139 should be reviewed as a matter of priority to bring the standards up
The Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) TaxiBot narrow-body aircraft tug has set a record of 23 knots (41kmh) during taxi trials with a 74 tonne Airbus 320 at its Chateauroux test site in France. IAI says the TaxiBot system has now “proven its ability to bring the airplane to near its take-off position at the
