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RAAF KC-30 delays The first of five KC-30 tankers for the RAAF will now not be delivered by EADS CASA until some six to nine months later than planned, sometime in the fourth quarter of next year, the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO’s) MRTT Project Team has confirmed to Australian Aviation. In the May issue of
Bruce Buchanan takes the reins as Jetstar’s new CEO Jetstar is proving something of a breeding ground for executive talent for the Qantas Group. The airline’s founding CEO, Alan Joyce, has taken a moonshot ride to be appointed the Qantas CEO, based in large part on his track record in establishing and successfully running Jetstar.
Despite being a surprise appointment to the position of Chief of Air Force this year, Air Marshal Mark Binskin’s prestigious career in the RAAF has not been an overnight success. Initially a Navy A-4 Skyhawk pilot, he transferred to the RAAF in 1984 after he had completed an exchange flying the Mirage III and the
The A380 enters Qantas service Almost eight years after it was first ordered, the Airbus A380 has entered service with Qantas, with the airline’s first revenue passenger service departing Melbourne on Monday October 20 bound for Los Angeles. Qantas’s first and thus far only A380, VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton, departed Melbourne at 11. 33am (pictured above)
“A face only a mother could love” was the tagline for Lockheed advertising for its C-130 Hercules airlifter a few years ago. The phrase was a reference to the Hercules’s ‘unique’ looks, but also a play on words, as the ad spoke about the aircraft being welcomed by parents the world over in disaster areas
…As well as acoustic and nacelle design validation testing, the tests are part of Airbus’s evaluation of new technologies, and will run until the end of the year. Pratt & Whitney will build production PurePower 1000Gs at a new facility at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport in Canada. Construction of the facility will start soon and is
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
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UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
