The World of Aviation

Australian domestic airfares for business class and the most restrictive economy tickets fell in August, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 92.7 index points in August, down from 94.4 points a year earlier. Meanwhile, the best discount economy index was also

Australia spends around $1 billion a year surveying powerlines by helicopter, a job that could be done for a faction of that price by new autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to top up their batteries from the powerlines themselves. Engineering students from Melbourne University, backed by Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab advanced research centre, have

NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ALM/4 Vans RV-8 80155 7/7/17 David MacDonald, 104 Fishing Point Rd Fishing Point NSW 2283 ANE/9 GippsAero GA8 Airvan GA8-16-236 4/7/17 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 AVV/6 Agusta A109C 7606 2/8/17 Southern Cross Aircraft Engineering Services, PO Box 513 Sylvania Southgate NSW 2224 N26RX N132HC N132H N1QJ BCR/7

In September 2017 Australian Aviation celebrates its 40th anniversary. To mark that milestone we publish here Australian Aviation founder Jim Thorn’s account from the September 2007 edition of the magazine’s formation and early days. 1977 AND THE WAY WE WERE I love history and there is no better history, in a real sense, than that

Air New Zealand says it is optimistic about the year ahead as the competitive environment eases after reporting a 17.5 per cent decline in full year profit in 2016/17 as it battled the arrival of new entrants into its home market. Net profit for the 12 months to June 30 2017 came in at NZ$382

Jetstar plans to resume nonstop services between Australia and China with twice weekly flights to Zhengzhou in partnership with a Chinese travel company. The flights will commence in December 2017 with 335-seat Boeing 787-8 equipment, Jetstar said on Wednesday. The exact start date was not disclosed. Zhengzhou is located in the eastern part of China,