The World of Aviation

Perth Airport has awarded the contract for constructing its new domestic pier and international departures facilities to Built Environs, part of the McConnell Dowell Group. The international development comprises 18 new check in desks, two A380-capable gates with double aerobridges, expanded lounge area and additional retail offerings. The new domestic terminal area, which will become

Benalla is in the race to host the 2016 World Gliding Championships. Already home to the state’s gliding community and boasting one of the oldest aero clubs in the country, Benalla’s bid is being strongly supported by the Victorian government, which recently announced a $210,000 upgrade to airfield facilities there. In January Benalla hosted the

Airservices graduated 39 trainee air traffic controllers in January.  Having achieved their diploma of aviation (air traffic control) at Airservices’ Learning Academy in Melbourne, the recruits have now been posted to towers and control centres across the country. Airservices executive general manager air traffic control Jason Harfield said this lastest group of controllers would play

Five of the Navy’s retired Sea King helicopters, withdrawn from service in December 2011, have been sold to Aerospace Logistics (ASL), which plans to part them out to sustain operations of the type elsewhere in the world. Announcing the sale, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare said the ASL bid offered the highest return to the

Eurocopter posted record turnover of EUR6.3 billion in 2012 – a 15 per cent increase over the previous year – returning the company to pre-GFC levels. The company delivered 475 helicopters last year alongside milestones that included the delivery of its 500th EC145, its first AS350 B3e and EC130 T2 uprated versions of the Ecureuil, and

Air New Zealand has begun operating daily services from Auckland to Tokyo and Shanghai. Responsing to strong growth in the Asian market, services to Shanghai have progressively increased since the route was introduced in 2006, while the return to daily Tokyo flights comes after three years of reduced capacity. Air New Zealand’s deputy CEO Norm