The World of Aviation

Perth based Skywest says that it expects its profit for the year ending June 30 to come in lower than the previous year as a result of “significantly abnormal” aircraft cross hire charges and startup costs for its wet lease operations for Virgin Australia. Although stating that it did not as a matter of policy

The Aerial Agriculture Association of Australia (AAAA) has slammed the implementation of the government’s carbon tax, saying that it will raise costs for small operators and not result in cuts to emissions from aerial ag operators. AAAA CEO Phil Hurst says that the government’s claims that the carbon tax will only directly affect the largest

New regulations came into force on July 1, extending security screening to more regional airports in a move which the federal government says will make regional air travel safer. Under the new ‘Strengthening Aviation Security Initiative’, which was part of the government’s Aviation White Paper, regional airports serviced by aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight

The ATSB has called on pilots to report wirestrike incidents after a recent report showed that there were around 100 incidents which were not reported between 2003 and 2011. In its study of reporting of wirestrike incidents, the ATSB found that over the nine year period that nearly 40 per cent of wirestrikes were not

Nominations have opened for the inaugural national Aerospace Innovation Awards, which will be presented at next year’s Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport. Six awards will be presented in the following categories: Defence Industry National Innovation Award, Civil Industry National Innovation Award, Defence Industry SME Innovation Grant, Civil Industry SME Innovation Grant, Scholarship for Defence

Boeing has completed wind tunnel tests on the F-15 Silent Eagle’s conformal weapons bay (CWB) at is facility in St Louis. The wind tunnel tests used a scale model of the Silent Eagle to determine the effect of various air speeds and flight angles. More detailed tests later this year will focus on the aerodynamic