The World of Aviation

Senator Nick Xenophon has again successfully led a disallowance motion against recent changes to Australian Aviation Transport Regulations, making it the second time that the government has been defeated on the measures. The changes, which became effective on May 22, limited cockpit access to those “ with an operational, safety, security or training reason”, and

Sydney Airport has applied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to allow it to increase security, passenger facilitation and runway charges for regional airlines for the first time since 2001. The proposed changes will see security charges rise three cents to 90 cents per passenger, passenger facilitation charges at Terminal 2 increase by

Qantas and the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Mangers Australia (APESMA) have ended their long running working conditions and pay dispute. In a new agreement, the airline’s approximately 190 professional engineers will receive a four per cent wage rise and increases in superannuation. APESMA has also won a concession which will allow engineers to

Boeing has announced that it has identified a workmanship issue on the tails of its flight test 787s, requiring it to inspect and make some changes to the aircraft’s horizontal stabilisers, but has denied earlier media reports that the five flying aircraft have been grounded. Boeing noted that the issue related to improperly installed shims

Strategic Airlines has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking an allocation of unlimited capacity on the Indonesia route to allow it to launch flights from Karratha and Port Hedland to Denpasar (Bali). In its application to the IASC, Strategic says that it intends to operate the services from August 2010

Airservices Australia says that safety in the skies over Tasmania has increased with the commissioning of Australia’s first Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) radar system, which provides enhanced en route surveillance of air traffic across Tasmania at Launceston Airport and down to the surface at Hobart for the first time. The $6 million system uses 14