The World of Aviation

Airservices Australia has announced plans to open four new Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) services at Gladstone, Queensland, Newman, Western Australia and Ballina and Coffs Harbour in New South Wales by the end 0f 2014. The need for ARFF services at these locations is being driven by increased traffic from growing fly-in/fly-out mine charter

The federal government will make a decision on whether to proceed with a second Sydney airport by the end of this year, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Jamie Briggs confirmed today. The Assistant Minister told Airservices’ Waypoint 2013 industy conference that the government “will finally make a decision on whether to proceed with

Passenger numbers at Brisbane Airport continue to increase with more than 5.7 million international and domestic passengers travelling through the airport in the three months to the end of September. International passenger numbers grew by 5.8 per cent year-on-year, attributable to new services or additional frequencies offered by airlines including Hawaiian Airlines, Etihad, Qantas, Malaysia

Enthusiast Paul Daw captured the moment of demise for former Qantas and National Jet Systems BAe 146-200A VH-YAD at Adelaide  on November 2. YAD made its last revenue flight in May 2011 after accumulating total flight hours of 39,047.81 and total cycles of 37,306. The aircraft was flown to Adelaide where it was placed into storage

Airservices has commissioned two new Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations, bringing to 61 the number now in operation across Australia. The two new ADS-B ground stations, at Point Lookout near Coffs Harbour and Mount Hardgrave on North Stradbroke Island, will provide a backup to the radar surveillance in the region and enhance the

Adelaide Airport Ltd has produced a “solid” result for its 2012-13 financial year, with increased revenue and profit driven by a 15.5 per cent rise in international traffic. The arrival of Emirates a year ago, with initially four direct flights between Adelaide and Dubai, and increasing to daily services last February, was a major factor