The World of Aviation

Boeing Defence Australia has marked the completion of its 100th deeper maintenance activity for the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18A/B ‘classic’ Hornet fleet. The milestone represents more than 500,000 hours of work on the jet by Boeing at RAAF Base Williamtown since taking over the deeper maintenance contract from BAE Systems and L3 MAS Canada in 2013.

Air Canada will add a third Australian destination to its international network from December when it begins seasonal nonstop flights between Vancouver and Melbourne. The Star Alliance member said on Wednesday (Canada time) it planned to serve Melbourne four times a week during the summer holiday period between December 2017 and February 2018 with Boeing

Safeskies Australia president emeritus Peter Lloyd has presented the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) with an historic propeller from a Supermarine Walrus aircraft. The aviation veteran, who in 2016 received the nation’s highest civil honour when he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), presented the propeller to the ATSB at its

Four Australian Women Pilots’ Association (AWPA) members have been awarded flight training scholarships sponsored by Airservices. The scholarships, which provide $8,000 towards the costs of earning flying qualifications at any level, including that of a commercial pilot license, were presented at the AWPA national conference in Bendigo on April 29. The AWPA Airservices Flight Training

Australia’s domestic carriers collectively suffered a drop in punctuality in March as Tropical Cyclone Debbie played havoc with airline schedules and led to scores of cancellations, government figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report said local carriers had an average on-time arrivals rate of 76.7 per cent in March, which

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has proposed changes to rules for aircraft owners and operators regarding the replacement of control cables after 15 years in service. The nation’s aviation safety regulator has proposed an amendment to an airworthiness directive issued in early 2015 – AD/GENERAL/87 Primary Flight Control Cable Assembly Retirement – that outlined the mandatory replacement