Gambling on the Australian market With the recent launch of new services to Melbourne, Viva Macau is showing that it is planning to go the distance in the Australian market. Beginning its first services in December 2006, the Macau based carrier has been able to successfully carve out a niche as a low cost carrier

Victoria’s DC-10 aerial tanker trial Following the disastrous Victorian ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires in February 2009, the Victorian state government called in a new weapon to fight what was forecast to be another extreme fire season in 2009/10. Fortunately the extreme conditions predicted didn’t eventuate, but the 10-Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 Very Large Aerial Tanker (VLAT)

Tip of the spear Nearly two dozen Hornets and Hawks launch from Williamtown into the gathering darkness, the noise and the Hornets’ glowing afterburners piercing the sky as the final wave of flying in ECADEX 09 gets underway. This night wave of flying sees Hornets from 75 Squadron (visiting from RAAF Tindal) and 76 Squadron

Changing times for JHAS & Qantas maintenance As the airlines have rode both the highs and the lows over the last two years, so too has the maintenance industry, while further changes are on the way. The rapid growth of the airline industry prior to the onset of the global financial crisis had led to