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Airbus Helicopters deliveries up despite a difficult year
/Airbus Helicopters recorded an increase in new helicopter deliveries during 2016 despite its chief executive Guillaume Faury describing the year as “probably the most difficult of the last decade”. With the continuing stagnation of the offshore sector and the fallout from April’s fatal accident in Norway which resulted in a world-wide grounding of the H225
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Boeing 737 MAX heads Down Under as part of flight test program
/ | 21 Comments on Boeing 737 MAX heads Down Under as part of flight test programBoeing’s next generation narrowbody the 737 MAX is in Australia as part its flight test program, with 737 MAX 8 development aircraft N8704Q arriving in Darwin a little before 1730 local time on Thursday. Since landing in Darwin, N8704Q, the fourth of four 737 MAX 8 development aircraft built, has flown to Alice Springs, as
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American and Qantas wind back cooperation ahead of second effort to win US approval on expanded alliance
/ | 2 Comments on American and Qantas wind back cooperation ahead of second effort to win US approval on expanded allianceQantas and American Airlines plan to make another effort to convince US regulators the pair should be allowed to form a joint-venture partnership on trans-Pacific routes. The two oneworld alliance members announced over the weekend they would submit a new application to the US Department of Transport (DOT) for anti-trust immunity (ATI) on a metal-neutral,
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Hawker Pacific expands FBO operations in Queensland
/Hawker Pacific says it is well positioned for growth in the Queensland charter market following the purchase of two Fixed Base Operations (FBO) sites in the state. The aircraft sales and support company said on Monday it has acquired a Cairns and Brisbane FBO from aircraft charter group Adagold Aviation. The two FBO’s have been
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Largest USMC helicopter rotation heading to Darwin
/ | 11 Comments on Largest USMC helicopter rotation heading to DarwinThe US Marine Corps (USMC) will deploy its largest helicopter and tiltrotor element to northern Australia yet when its next six-monthly rotation to Darwin gets underway in April. The sixth rotation since deployments to Australia were first announced on November 16 2011, the aviation combat element of 13 helicopters and 1,250 personal of the Marine Rotational Force
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Brisbane Airport grows passenger numbers 2.4 per cent in 2016
/ | 7 Comments on Brisbane Airport grows passenger numbers 2.4 per cent in 2016New international flights have helped Brisbane Airport post an improvement in passenger numbers during calendar 2016. Brisbane Airport handled 22.69 million travellers in the 12 months to December 31 2016, up 2.4 per cent from the prior corresponding period. International passengers were up 4.9 per cent to 5.43 million, while the number of domestic travellers
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