The Navy’s two amphibious assault ships HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide remain tied alongside at Fleet Base East, Sydney while Defence investigates issues with the LHDs’ azimuth propulsion systems. The issue first came to public attention almost a month ago on March 29 when ABC defence reporter Andrew Green reported that both vessels were out of
An upgrade to the Airbus Helicopters H145’s Safran Arriel 1E2 engines will improve the light-twin helicopter’s one engine inoperative (OEI) hover performance giving pilots extra torque in the unlikely event of a single engine failure. The upgrade, certified by the European Airworthiness Safety Agency (EASA) in March, will give H145 pilots around a 13 per
Research consultancy AMR has found Air New Zealand to be Australia’s most reputable company, according to its 2017 Corporate Reputation Index, released on Wednesday. Air New Zealand topped the index, which ranks Australia’s top 60 companies by reputation based on direct surveys of consumers, for the first time, up from sixth position in 2016, and
International traffic growth of over five per cent has offset flat domestic passenger numbers at Sydney Airport for the first quarter of 2017. Figures released by Sydney Airport on Thursday show international passenger numbers through Australia’s busiest airport increased by 5.7 per cent in the first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2016, while domestic passenger
Damen Shipyards Group has announced the completion of sea trials of the Multirole Aviation Training Vessel (MATV) MV Sycamore, which is being acquired to support a range of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) training activities, including initial helicopter deck landing qualifications. The trials included testing of all onboard military systems, Damen said in a statement. In
Aviation/Aerospace Australia has finalised its speaker list for its Women in Aviation summit planned for Brisbane on Tuesday May 23. The summit’s keynote address will be given by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Virgin Australia Cargo chief executive Merren McArthur, while other speakers are as follows: FSGT David Anson, aircraft technician 6SQN, Royal Australian Air
