Sydney headlines aside a more critical scenario exists at Brisbane, with high traffic growth and a runway closure bringing things to a head. Traffic growth sees 210,000 movements pa – max 55/hr through Brisbane daily, online “radar” sites tracking 1000 flights in the area some days. Extensive holding occurred, peaking at around 40 minutes Thursday

Faa Approval For Sikorsky’s S-76d The Faa Has Awarded Type Certification To Sikorsky’s S‑76d After An Intensive Flight Test Program. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this

Early in the Falklands War in May 1982, the (British) Royal Navy hunter-killer submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine Navy cruiser ARA Belgrano. Three hundred and twenty-three lives were lost, half of all Argentines who died during the conflict. For the rest of the war Argentina’s admirals dared not let their fleet venture more than

Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, an A320 to Jetstar, an A320 to Jetstar Asia, two A320s to Jetstar Japan and a Fokker 100 to Network Aviation, while departing were a 747-400 and a 737-400 of Qantas. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.