The World of Aviation

Skywest has announced that it will commence a cadet pilot training scheme in partnership with Altara Training and Ansett Aviation Training. “We are very excited about the program at Skywest and the opportunity that it will provide to local Western Australians to become involved in a [locally] based company,” said executive chairman Jeff Chatfield in

Industry sources have revealed that BAE Systems Australia has won the Interim Basic Flying Training (IBFT) requirement to provide flight screening and basic training services to the RAAF for between six and 10 years. While BAE has made no comment on the tender, sources claim both Boeing and the Thales led team had been informed

The Sydney based Southern Region Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter is extending its coverage of aerial beach patrols to include the NSW south coast beginning this summer. In April, the rescue helicopter service’s major sponsor, Westpac Banking Corporation, pledged an increase of almost $2 million per year to Surf Life Saving Australia to help extend

Airbus has announced that it will increase production of the A320 Family to 40 per month during the first quarter of 2012, while Boeing is poised to follow suit with its 737 range. Airbus says that strong demand for the aircraft family has been behind its decision, with the backlog for A320 Family now at

Embraer celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Ipanema agricultural aircraft on July 31. The Ipanema started off as a project at the end of the 1960s as a substitute for imported agricultural aircraft by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture’s Research and Development Institute, with development of the aircraft coming under Embraer

Qantas is aiming to grab a larger slice of the WA aviation market, with the airline targeting fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) and other regional operations. According to a report in The West Australian newspaper, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline had entered a tender to the WA government to operate services on the Perth to Albany,