Airbus Helicopters’ new-generation seven-tonne class H175 is selling well after entering service in December last year. But the European manufacturer has even higher hopes for its twin, a Chinese-built version currently heading towards certification in Tianjin, the port city south-east of Beijing. TOM BALLANTYNE reports. Laurence Barron, China chairman of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, is

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The RAAF over Iraq Video – Defence footage of the final F/A-18F Super Hornet Operation Okra mission. Imposing itself with mediaeval barbarity upon feebly-defended swathes of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has, since September 2014 been subjected to an ongoing campaign of coalition airstrikes aimed at degrading and

John Borghetti took the helm of Virgin Australia five years ago this month. It has been a turbulent period for airlines at home and abroad, marked by fierce competition, volatile economic conditions, uncertainty over fuel prices and lots of red ink in the airline accounts. TOM BALLANTYNE takes a look at Virgin’s report card and