Report examines why Australia has yet to graduate a female fighter jet pilot In almost a quarter century since the Australian Defence Force fully opened the cockpit door, women have piloted C-130s, C-17s and Black Hawk helicopters and more. But they have yet to crack the big one, to become fully qualified fast jet pilots.
Boeing has reaffirmed its target of 810 to 815 commercial aircraft deliveries for calendar 2018. The company says it is also continuing to work towards an entry-into-service (EIS) date of 2025 for its proposed new mid-market airplane (NMA). The delivery guidance and outlook for the NMA was included in the company's financial results for the three months to June 30 2018 handed down on Wednesday (US time). #boeing #aviation
Qantas plans to operate a once-weekly freighter service from Darwin to Hong Kong that can transport fresh produce from Australia’s Top End to Asia’s supermarket shelves and dining tables. The proposed service has been scheduled to take off in late August with Boeing 767-300F equipment departing Darwin on Sunday night, Qantas said on Wednesday. The
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has defended its record in relation to general aviation and called on those questioning its commitment to the sector to look at its recent actions. Writing in the July edition of The CASA Briefing, acting chief executive and director of aviation safety Graeme Crawford noted the recent debate about
Embraer says it delivered 28 commercial aircraft in the second quarter of calendar 2018, 11 fewer aircraft compared with the prior corresponding period. The deliveries in the three months to June 30 2018 comprised one E170, 20 E175s, two E190s, two E195s and three E190-E2s, Embraer said on July 20. The second quarter performance brings
Qantas has scheduled Hong Kong as the first Asian destination with its Boeing 787-9 fleet, with flights to the Special Administrative Region to begin in mid-December. The first 787-9 service to Hong Kong is due to take off on December 13 2018, when the aircraft replaces the Airbus A330 on Qantas’s daily Melbourne-Hong Kong service
