The World of Aviation

Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown has given its recent Fly Free Weekends initiative the thumbs up, judging the program to be a success after it tracked a 4.3 per cent increase in movements over previous quarter weekend data. “The recent trends in the General Aviation activity have been depressed with traffic falling 20 per cent in

Strategic Airlines has announced plans to lease two major new premises in Brisbane, comprising an engineering hangar maintenance facility at Brisbane Airport and a new corporate headquarters. “Pending the granting by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Strategic’s engineering license, we intend to use the original Boeing hangar facility to undertake engineering maintenance on the

Two RAAF C-17s have been transporting a remotely operated water cannon system to Japan which will be used in efforts to cool the Fukushima no 1 nuclear powerplant. “Last night and early this morning, at the request of Japan and the United States, two Royal Australian Air Force C-17 aircraft departed RAAF Pearce near Perth

Auckland Airport and Queenstown Airport have announced the cancellation of an agreement which would have seen Auckland Airport increase its Queenstown Airport shareholding. “We recognise that the prospect of an increase in Auckland Airport’s existing shareholding has been the subject of considerable debate within the community and has been a key factor in the [Queenstown

The US Navy’s new Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aicraft made its combat debut over Libya, participating in coalition strike operations as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. According to reports, Navy Growlers flew from coalition bases near Libya in support of US Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers operating from USS Kearsarge conducting airstrikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s

The US Department of the Navy has signed a Tactical Air memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will see the US Marine Corps acquire 80 F-35C JSFs for carrier operations, in addition to  340 F-35B STOVL variants. The MoU, signed by Chief of Naval Operations Gary Roughead and Commander of the Marine Corps General James Amos