Air New Zealand has agreed to sell engineering and maintenance firm TAE to the company’s Australian management team. The full takeover was expected to be completed by the end of March and means TAE will be a 100 per cent Australian-owned company. TAE general manager Andrew Sanderson said the management team will not change and
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BAE Systems Australia and TAE have been selected to undertake maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade work for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Australia. Heavy maintenance and sustainment capability work for the global F-35 fleet in the Southern Pacific region would be undertaken at BAE’s facility at RAAF Williamtown near Newcastle. Meanwhile, TAE would service
Boeing Flight Services has pledged to repeat its Brisbane campus visit in 2015 following the success of inaugural event in 2014. The teaching and training arm of the manufacturing giant recently hosted 30 high school students at its Brisbane campus, where they spoke with pilots, engineers and technicians from Boeing, Virgin Australia and others. The
Airservices is putting trainee air traffic controllers through flight simulator sessions to give them a better understanding of a pilot’s perspective at 30,000ft. The flightdeck orientation and familiarisation course in a Boeing 737 simulator is run by Flight Experience in Melbourne, with current pilots from a number of Australian airlines used as instructors. The course
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is offering sponsorship for organisations that promote aviation safety. Applications for CASA sponsorship of events or initiatives open on January 12 and close on February 13. “Sponsorship from CASA can include financial or in-kind support to a third party for an activity that promotes safety in Australia’s civil aviation
