The RAAF has received its fifth C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter at RAAF Base Richmond. The aircraft, A34-004, arrived at Richmond on March 30 following a two-week ferry flight from Waco, Texas, via Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A34-004 is the aircraft which sustained minor damage in a hard landing incident at Waco, Texas in May 2016
Outgoing Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder will join the Qantas board. Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford said Goyder would seek election at the airline group’s annual general meeting in October and, if elected, would join the board as a non-executive director after stepping down as Wesfarmers chief executive in November. In addition to his chief executive role at
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has officially opened Babcock International Group’s new Australasian headquarters in Adelaide. The new facility, known as Babcock’s Australasian Regional Support Centre, was first announced in July 2016 when the engineering support services company said it would establish its Australasian base in South Australia, supported by a $2.5 million incentive package from
Recovery of the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 that crashed on March 27 was expected to begin on Wednesday. Accessing the crash site located in Beecroft Air Weapons Range is dependent on the area being clear of unexploded munitions, but the ‘all clear’ is anticipated to be given today, a Defence spokesperson told sister publication Australian Defence Business Review. Meanwhile,
Hobart Airport is on the lookout for a new chief executive following the resignation of Rod Parry after seven years at the helm. Parry will leave as chief executive at the end of July, Hobart Airport said in a statement on March 14. He said it was the right time to hand over the reins
Air New Zealand says its new Airbus A320neos and A321neos due for delivery from 2018 will feature wider seats than on the airline’s current narrowbody fleet. The Star Alliance member and Virgin Australia alliance partner says window and aisle seats have been designed one centimetre wider than those on A320s that are flown internationally, while
