Outgoing Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) chief executive and director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore says his efforts to overhaul the regulator will pave the way for an improved relationship with industry. Skidmore, who announced his resignation in August less than two years into a five-year term for personal reasons, says in his final CASA
CHC Helicopter has signed a 21-month contract to provide the Australian Army with aeromedical evacuation (AME) and crash response support for deployments throughout Australia. Commencing on October 1 2016, CHC currently provides search and rescue (SAR) services to the RAAF and will use that fleet of Sikorsky S-76s and Bell 412s to provide AME services
Emirates will reinstate its daily Boeing 777-300ER Brisbane-Singapore-Dubai flight from Saturday after the route was suspended for about six months due to what the airline said was because of runway works. Since May, Emirates’ EK432 and EK433 rotations have operated nonstop between Brisbane and Dubai, rather than with a technical stop in Singapore. The EK433
An amphibious aircraft maker plans to build a new $100 million manufacturing facility on the NSW Central Coast. In a boost to Australia’s aerospace sector, Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) has signed a 40-year lease on space at Central Coast Airport at Warnervale. The site will be used for work on its Albatross amphibious aircraft that was
An application to install a floating helipad on Perth’s Swan River between Barrack Street and Victoria Avenue is a step closer after a development application was approved by the Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife on September 15. “We now have to go through a Request for Proposal after both of our proposals were
Hong Kong Airlines plans to boost its schedule to the Gold Coast and Cairns for the peak school holiday season. The full-service carrier will increase its Hong Kong-Gold Coast-Cairns-Hong Kong service to five times a week from December 9. Further, the airline plans to run daily services to the two popular Queensland tourist destinations during
