The World of Aviation

Airservices Australia has commissioned a new $8 million Terminal Area Radar (TAR) at Adelaide Airport, as it replaces radar equipment which has been in operation since 1993. The recent upgrade follows Airservices’ commissioning of a $6 million TAR at Sydney Airport in June, after earlier TAR installations at the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Darwin Airports.

AgustaWestland, CAE and BAE Systems demonstrated the AW109 GrandNew helicopter, their platform contender for the Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) program, to ADF pilots at Nowra yesterday. The machine demonstrated yesterday was privately owned by Linfox, operated by chief pilot Brett Quarrell and instructor pilot Michael Tavcar. Within the GrandNew teaming

The return of Tiger Airways to the Australian domestic market has been delayed at least two more days following the decision by Tiger and CASA to further delay the federal court hearing into the extension of Tiger’s grounding from today until August 5. “Tiger Airways Australia and CASA are currently in ongoing discussions regarding the

BAE Systems Australia has announced the appointment of David Allott as its new chief executive, with effect from September 5, replacing the long serving Jim McDowell who will become the chief executive of BAE Systems Saudi Arabia. Allott is currently the managing director of BAE’s UK based Global Combat Systems business, which designs, manufactures and

China Southern has announced the introduction of twice-daily flights between Guangzhou and Melbourne from October this year, in a move welcomed by Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff. The airline’s decision to increase the number of Melbourne services comes less than a year after China Southern started daily flights to Melbourne in November, before which it

Canberra Airport has launched the next stage of its $420 million “AirVolution” infrastructure project, with the official unveiling of a foundation stone for the construction of the Western Concourse Terminal today. Launched by ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, Canberra Airport chairman Terry Snow and Canberra Airport managing director Stephen Byron, the Western Concourse Terminal and