The Australian division of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) is celebrating the organisation’s 150-year anniversary with a reception at Sydney’s Admiralty House on July 8. Originally known as The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, the RAeS was founded on January 12 1866 with 65 members. Today, that number has grown to more than 22,000 members
Airbus Helicopters has highlighted the suitability of its H145M light utility military helicopter for the special forces support role. The new military development of the H145, the latest evolution of the BK117/EC145 family of light twin helicopters, is entering service with the German Army to support its Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) special forces unit, with the first
Production of the 15 Airbus Helicopters H135s for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System is continuing apace with the fifth and sixth aircraft noted at the manufacturer’s Donauwörth production facility in Germany on Tuesday. N52-005 (‘cab’ number 845) and N52-006 (cab number 846) were noted on the flightline at Donauwörth, north of
Australia has expressed interest in automatic refuelling and datalink relay technology Airbus Defence & Space is developing for the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport. The RAAF operates five MRTTs as the KC-30A (with two more on order) and is watching closely the development of the automatic refuelling technology in particular, Airbus DS head of engineering Miguel Angel Moreno told
Air New Zealand has confirmed the sale of 19.98 per cent of Virgin Australia shares to Chinese conglomerate Nanshan Group. The sale, first announced on June 10, was completed on Tuesday, the company said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange. Air New Zealand pockets about A$267 million from the transaction, based on the
Moody’s has maintained its B2 corporate rating on Virgin Australia following the announcement of the airline group’s $852 million capital raising. In April, the ratings agency placed Virgin under review for a credit downgrade in response to the company’s stretched balance sheet and after the Air New Zealand said it wanted to offload its stake
