The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has appointed a new industry complaints commissioner. The new commissioner, Jonathan Hanton, started in his new role earlier this week, CASA said. “CASA’s industry complaints commissioner can be used by people in the aviation community or the general public to lodge complaints about the regulator’s action or behaviour,” CASA
GE Aviation is helping Qantas with efforts to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions under an expanded agreement between the pair. The new agreement includes GE’s Flight Efficiency Services, which covers navigation services and data and analytics services to increase operational flexibility and improve fuel efficiency across the Qantas and Jetstar fleet, GE said in
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) has touched down in Brisbane on its way to joining the NSW Rural Fire Service’s firefighting air fleet. The DC-10, which will be under contract from 10 Tanker Air Carrier in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States, is expected to be based at RAAF Base
NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AJI/7 Ultramagic H‑77 77/387 30/7/15 Christopher Saunders, 1/173‑175 Swan St Richmond Vic 3121 ANE/7 GippsAero GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320‑15‑224 11/8/15 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 AQS/5 Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat A22LS‑096 11/8/15 Gobel Aviation, 4 Victa Rd Bendigo Vic 3539 24‑7979 AQU/4 Chance Vought F4U Corsair 2608 24/7/15
Boeing expects Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific to require an additional 25,000 pilots and aviation professionals over the next two decades to meet the growing demand for air travel. The manufacturer’s 2015-2034 Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook forecasts a need for 12,000 new pilots and 13,000 new maintenance engineers (technicians) in the region as
Townsville-based Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) King Air aircraft will undergo scheduled maintenance with Hawker Pacific following the shutdown of Regional Express-owned local aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company Aviex last week. An RFDS Queensland spokesperson told Australian Aviation on Tuesday the organisation had managed to transition its maintenance work at Townsville from Aviex to Hawker
