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Reminder – RAAA scholarship applications close July 31
/The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) would like to remind people that the application closing date for the 2014 pilot and engineering scholarships is July 31. 2014 scholarships available through the RAAA include the Ansett Aviation Training Pilot Scholarship; the Hawker Pacific/Australian Avionics Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers Scholarship; the Jeppesen Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers
Read moreVictoria Govt contributes to Kerang improvements
/ | 5 Comments on Victoria Govt contributes to Kerang improvementsThe Victorian State Government has announced a $776,000 upgrade of Kerang Aerodrome near Swan Hill in the north-west of the state. A large proportion of the funding will come from the government’s $20 million Regional Aviation Fund, and the upgrades will comprise a resealing and re-sheeting of runway, upgrade of fuel storage, widening and levelling
Read moreAir New Zealand’s first 787 touches down
/ | 5 Comments on Air New Zealand’s first 787 touches downAir New Zealand has become the first airline in the world to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9 with the airline’s first of 10 on order touching down at Auckland Airport on Friday afternoon. 787-9 ZK-NZE (line number 169), operating as flight NZ6789, took off from Paine Field, Everett shortly before 8am Thursday morning local
Read moreEmirates receives its 50th Airbus A380
| 1 Comment on Emirates receives its 50th Airbus A380The largest customer for Airbus’s A380, Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its 50th example of the type at a ceremony in Hamburg. For the delivery flight, the aircraft was loaded with 40 tonnes of humanitarian supplies which will be warehoused in the UAE. “Emirates has seen tremendous organic growth in the past four years,
Read moreBoeing updates 20-year commercial market outlook
/In the lead-up to the biennial Farnborough Airshow which starts on July 14, Boeing has released its updated 20-year current market outlook for the commercial airliner market. The company predicts 36,770 new commercial aircraft of 90 seats or larger will be required in the 20 years to 2034 valued at US$5.2 trillion at list prices,
Read moreAustralian Helicopters orders six AW139s
/After being awarded the Victorian Government air ambulance contract earlier this year, Australian Helicopters has signed a contract for six new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to fulfil the contract. The aircraft will be based at Essendon, Bendigo, Latrobe Valley and Warrnambool airports from January 2016 and will include a dedicated backup machine, and will replace the
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