New life for the Beechjet Local Hawker Beechcraft distributor, Hawker Pacific recently brought a Hawker 400XP to Australia for a demonstration tour and also used the opportunity to drum up future business for its dramatically enhanced Hawker 450XP which it launched at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) 2008 convention in Florida in October. Based

Analysing the Qantas-BA merger plan When news broke in late November that Qantas and British Airways – on again off again airliner partners – were seeking an equity marriage, it was greeted with bouquets by lay commentators, brickbats by industry veterans and an overwhelming patriotic NO from the general public. Revelations of the merger discussions

The new two-seat Cessna After an absence of over 20 years, Cessna is gearing up to deliver its first new 2 seater single engine piston aircraft, the Model 162 Skycatcher, from the second half of the year. Launched amid a flurry of orders in mid 2007, the SkyCatcher has its origins into Cessna’s studies of

Private funding for ADF pilot training? New programs for ADF pilot training are under way following a recent DMO market sounding process to assess the viability of using a ‘public private partnership’ – or PPP – funding model. A Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) industry brief on November 13 told potential bidders of their preferred direction