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Indonesian officials have located the fuselage and flight recorders of crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, according to media reports. News agency Agence France-Presse quoted an Indonesian transport ministry spokesperson saying: “The navy divers in Jadayat state boat have succeeded in finding a very important instrument, the black box of AirAsia QZ8501”. While the flight data

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

Regional Express (Rex) says administrators are standing in the way of it starting stopgap flights to communities in Cape York affected by the sudden shut down of North Queensland-based Skytrans. Rex said on Friday it had sought to use a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) mechanism to start stopgap flights with the emergency “charter substitution arrangement” within a

Two more retired Qantas Boeing 767-300ERs have headed to Alice Springs to be placed into storage. Without the flying kangaroo on the tail and any Qantas markings on the fuselage, VH-OGU departed Brisbane Airport in the early hours of Friday morning and landed at Alice Springs airport a little over two and a half hours later.

AirAsia Indonesia says search and rescue operations for the recovery of flight QZ8501 are currently focusing on the the crashed aircraft’s tail and flight data recorder. The airline said search and rescue (SAR) operations led by Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) had located the tail of the aircraft on Wednesday. However, efforts to

Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines have sought a 10-year extension of their joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes, arguing the partnership has added competition and lowered ticket prices for Australia-US travel. In a joint-submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the two carriers say the alliance is needed to combat the two largest