Old airports come back to life as FIFO grows A rare event is about to occur – the reopening of a regional airport that used to have an RPT service – the very much-upgraded Miles. Locals enviously noting F100s overflying to The Monument and Trepell, jet ports without towns, could win out of only the

Will the CSeries succeed against Airbus and Boeing competitors? With Airbus and Boeing securing seemingly endless orders for their reworked A320 and 737 pushing production rates to record highs, it is hard to see how the clutch of regional jets will make any dent in their bulging order books. The problem appears to be more

Innovation and Australian capability at the heart of Boeing Aerostructures Some idea of the importance of Australia to Boeing is revealed by the fact that this country hosts the plane maker’s largest offshore operation, employing some 3,400 employees. Locally, Boeing is engaged in training, flight planning and navigation, spares, logistics, unmanned systems, manufacturing and maintenance,

Flying with the Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm is often the forgotten force. In a service normally associated with grey ocean-going vessels and submarines, the helicopters of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) are a vital component of Australia’s defence force landscape. They have been constantly on duty in some of the world’s most