Australia’s Chinook operators discuss the final RWG deployment in their own words After 11 rotations since February 2006, Rotary Wing Group – Eight (RWG‑8), the Australian Army Aviation detachment in Afghanistan, held a small ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in mid-September to mark the completion of its five-month mission. It was to be the last time

Qantas at the crossroads It may well come to pass that the travails of Qantas will be a watershed for Australian work practices. The oft-quoted saying that Australians are not prepared to pay for the salaries and conditions they enjoy is becoming truer every day. Aviation is the most global of all industries and, like

RAN’s first Romeos report for duty The Royal Australian Navy has stepped into a new era of naval combat helicopter operations with the delivery of its first two MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters. Barely two years after 24 Romeos were chosen under AIR 9000 Phase 8 to replace the S-70B Seahawk and the cancelled SH-2G Seasprite

Australia’s shopping malls with gates attached The airline passenger experience doesn’t just begin at the aircraft door. For many domestic flights, passengers spend more time on the ground than in the air. Yet despite the importance of airports to the Australian economy, it’s hard to argue that Australian passengers have a decent airport experience. Australia’s