Flights into and out of Townsville have been cleared to resume as the airport prepares to reopen amid the severe flooding that has hit the region.
Turboprop maker ATR says it secured firm orders for 52 aircraft in calendar 2018 in what it described as a difficult environment due to the suspension of deliveries to Iran Air.
The Australian Aviation feature on Virgin Australia Regional Airlines training captain Peter Phillips is from the December 2018 magazine edition.
Qantas has bought a 19.9 per cent stake in Alliance Aviation Services and signalled its intention to increase that shareholding over time.
Airbus has confirmed media reports it is in talks with Emirates regarding the airline's existing orders for A380 aircraft.
Boeing has embedded its own staff at companies in its supply chain to support efforts to increase the production rate of the 737 to 57 aircraft a month.
