Australia’s Matt Hall is now the clear leader of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship after finishing third in the fourth round in Budapest, Hungary and importantly beating home main rival Michael Goulian of the USA. Coming into Sunday’s race Hall and Goulian were tied on 36 points from three races, with the
Nine regional locations across Australia are in contention to host Qantas’s proposed new pilot training academy. Qantas announced the shortlist for its new flight school on Friday, which comprised three potential locations in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one in each in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The full list
Australia’s Productivity Commission has released the terms of reference for its inquiry into the regulation of the nation’s airports. The federal government announced the inquiry into the economic regulation of airport services on Friday. “The purpose of this inquiry is to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the current arrangements and determine whether they remain
Canada has increased to 25 the number of F/A-18A/B Hornets it has requested to acquire from Australia to complement its own force of similar CF-188A/B Hornets, Canadian media has reported. The Ottawa Citizen said on June 15 that the number of jets to be acquired by Canada’s Department of National Defence has risen from 18 as reported in
Pratt and Whitney has nearly completed the redesign of a faulty engine part responsible for delays to deliveries of the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft, a news report says. The Bloomberg news agency reported on June 19 Airbus executive Klaus Roewe telling reporters the engine maker was “close to finalizing the redesign”. “We’re reasonably confident
Hawaiian Airlines is well placed to be opportunistic in terms of network expansion in the period ahead given its strong presence in a number of international markets and as it takes delivery of new Airbus A321neos and Boeing 787-9s, chief executive Peter Ingram says. The Honolulu-headquartered carrier has worked to rebalance its domestic and international
