The World of Aviation

Highly-regarded aviation safety author Macarthur ‘Mac’ Job died on Wednesday after battling cancer for a number of years, aged 88. A contributor to Australian Aviation over many years, Mac was perhaps best known as the author of the world-renowned Air Crash and Air Disaster book series (published between 1991 and 2001). He began his writing career in the mid-1960s as editor

Air New Zealand says it will establish a team with expertise in “large-scale international disruption” to be dispatched to international ports in the event of significant flight disruptions, a key outcome for an internal review into the delays that saw over 220 passengers booked on an NZ9 service from Honolulu to Auckland stranded in Honolulu

Aviation/Aerospace Australia is calling for nominations for its first annual Airspace Leadership and Excellence Awards, which will be presented to individuals, teams and companies who have “demonstrated leadership and dedication to the aviation or aerospace sectors in Australia”. The awards will be presented at an industry dinner on October 17 at the Melbourne Exhibition and

Airbus A350 development aircraft MSN5 has completed the Australasian legs of its round-the-world route proving flight, departing Auckland for Santiage on Wednesday evening. The aircraft, registered F-WWYB, flew into Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday evening, landing at 1839 after a two hour 18 minute trans-Tasman crossing. The aircraft was then shown to media and industry

While there has been a bit of a drop off in mining of late, there is still plenty of activity that will support fly-in/fly-out operators, industry players say. The changes in the resources industry has been described as a construction sunset and production sunrise. However, with a number of new projects still in the pipeline, there

Tigerair Australia chief executive Rob Sharp believes there is enough demand in Western Sydney for the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek and the low-cost carrier is keen to fly there. Sharp says Tigerair supports a second airport being built in Sydney. “At the end of the day it is not the airport that attracts us,