The World of Aviation

Four student pilots are a step closer to realising their dream of flying, after receiving an Airservices Australia Learn to Fly Scholarship earlier this week. Part of a four-year sponsorship agreement with the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia (RFACA) worth almost $100,000, the four would-be pilots were awarded the scholarships at the RFACA’s

Airbus Military’s A400M transport has completed a series of tests to verify its minimum unstick speed, or Vmu. Designed to test the lowest speed at which an aircraft can takeoff, the A400M has its nose raised as a special bumper bar fitted to the fuselage deliberately struck the ground at a maximum pitch-up angle of

Brisbane Airport Corporation  (BAC) has announced that it has raised $600 million which it will use to pay back maturing bank facilities and fund capital expenditure and working capital over the next 18 months. BAC raised a total of A$400 million in the US Private Placement market, with the remaining $200 million found on the

A Qantas Airbus A330 flying from Manila to Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing in Cairns yesterday afternoon after suffering a cockpit fire. A330-200 VH-EBL was approximately 365nm northwest of Cairns when a windscreen window heating circuit began arcing. The crew donned oxygen masks and extinguished the resultant flames from the left hand

Qantas has announced that it will again increase domestic, regional and Tasman air fares in “response to high oil and jet fuel prices”. The airline will increase fares by up to $10 per sector on domestic and regional flights for tickets issued on or after March 31. Increases of up to eight per cent will

QantasLink will again operate ski season services between Sydney and Mt Hotham, with flights to operate from June to September. The services, due to run between June 24 and September 11, will operate on selected Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Between four and five return services per week are initially planned, building to seven