The first of four Bombardier Challenger 604 special missions jets which Cobham Aviation will operate under a 12-year contract to provide search and rescue aircraft for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has arrived in Australia. The aircraft, currently registered to Canada’s Field Aviation as C-FIDT, arrived into Adelaide around midday on Wednesday after departing Vancouver on December 27
Virgin Australia will send its Boeing 737 fleet to the United States for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) as part of a 13-year agreement with alliance partner Delta Air Lines. The MRO work on the 737’s CFM57-7B engines will be conducted by Delta TechOps’ facilities in Atlanta and Minneapolis/St Paul, Virgin said in a
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is conducting an organisational restructure in an effort to improve its regulation of air safety and how it serves the aviation community. CASA director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore said one of the key objectives of the major change in the organisation’s structure would be to reduce the time people and
Heat Treatment Australia has been named Commercial Heat Treater of the Year in recognition of its contribution to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. “Heat Treatment Australia has recently qualified to provide a vacuum brazing process for the Joint Strike Fighter,” Minister for Defence Materiel and Science Mal Brough said in a statement. “This highly
Alliance Airlines is to acquire the entire Austrian Airlines fleet of 21 Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 aircraft under a deal that will see Alliance diversify its operations into Europe, and the Lufthansa-owned Austrian become a shareholder in Alliance. The US$15 million deal, announced on Wednesday, will see Alliance acquire Austrian’s 15 Fokker 100s and
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is launching an online survey to gauge community views about its work. The survey will open on November 23 and run until mid-December, focusing on CASA’s performance on specific areas such as efficiency, responsiveness, accountability and timeliness. CASA said in a statement the survey would take about 15 minute
