Australia’s aviation safety regulator has extended by almost three years the deadline for private aircraft to be fitted with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. Under the new timeline, announced in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) monthly CASA Briefing note, private aircraft registered before February 6 2014 flying under instrument flight rules (IFR) will now
NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AOE/6 BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk 80A EEP/JP/4091 27/10/16 Miltek Aviation, 2 Solferino Way Currum Downs Vic 3201 G-CFBK 1125 (Royal Saudi Air Force) G-27-291 CGB/5 Cessna P210N Centurion P21000500 18/10/16 Teresa O’Byrne, 5/6-8 Moani Ave Gymea NSW 2227 VH-FMX N731MW EWJ/5 SE5A Replica 5447 12/10/16 Ross Bate, 4 Will St
Qantas has completed the installation of internet wifi equipment on board a Boeing 737-800 ahead of customers being able to use the service “early next year”. The 737-800, VH-XZB, was fitted with a satellite antenna, multiple wireless access points in the cabin and other hardware at Qantas’s Brisbane engineering base. The airline said it took
Qantas is counting the cost of Sunday afternoon’s wild storm over Brisbane, with four aircraft damaged amid 150km/h winds. Pictures taken from passengers and ground staff over the weekend showed stairs striking a Qantas Boeing 737-800 while passengers were on board, with one incident piercing a hole in an engine cowling. Meanwhile, a QantasLink Boeing
Australian industry stands to benefit from the US Department of Defense’s assignment of the first component repair responsibilities outside the continental US for the F-35 Lightning II. From 2021 to 2025, three of the first 65 components have been assigned to Australia to undertake repairs on a global basis for all F-35s around the world,
Australian carriers have a new offshore option to send aircraft for their regular maintenance checks after Etihad Airways Engineering received certification from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The engineering arm of the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has been granted CASR Part 145 Maintenance Organisation approval, the company said on Tuesday. “This recognition means Etihad Airways
