The World of Aviation

CASA has assigned a set frequency for aircraft operating in Lake Eyre to reduce congestion on other frequencies as a result of the increased sightseeing traffic through the area. Aircraft operating in the region are required to use 127.8 MHz as the broadcast area frequency from May 1 until October 31. The region covered by

Qantas had the highest rate of on time performance during April, in a month when the industry average was slightly lower than the long term average. Qantas had an on time departure rate of 89.4 per cent for the month, followed by Virgin Blue at 86.9 per cent, Jetstar at 85.9 per cent and Tiger

Skywest has been granted an extension to its turboprop route licence until February 27 2011, ahead of the opening up of some of WA’s intrastate routes. “The company understands that in the next few months the Western Australian government will continue its review of Intrastate Airservice Arrangements and the composition of the routes subject to

Airlines PNG has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands Limited to provide a dedicated charter aircraft to support the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas project. Under the two year agreement, the carrier will operate a dedicated Dash 8-103 to transport field personnel and freight within Papua New Guinea. The aircraft will also be

The US Congress has threatened to reduce funding and slash production numbers of the F-35 JSF in FY2011 if the program fails to achieve revised cost and schedule goals this year. A bill, dubbed ‘HR 5136’, has been introduced to reduce the F-35’s development budget by 25 per cent and further cut the FY2011 aircraft

BAE Systems Australia has announced it will soon commence basic flying training of students from the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF) at its Tamworth Flight Training Centre. “The contract will see five students complete a training program provided solely by BAE Systems instructional staff at the Tamworth flying training college, utilising CT-4B training aircraft,” said