The RAAF’s eighth and last C-17 Globemaster touches down It is said that generals are always planning to fight the last war and as if to underscore the point, the doubling of the RAAF’s fleet of C-17s to eight ensures Australia will never again be bound by the airlift capacity constraints it encountered during 1999’s

Better late than never as Perth Airport’s high tech T1 Virgin Australia terminal opens its doors The final phase in the $1 billion makeover at Perth Airport – the TI Domestic pier – opened to great fanfare and celebrations as Australian Aviation went to press. Virgin Australia’s magnificent new home at Perth Airport has not

Tiger, tiger, burning bright. It’s what Virgin Australia wants to see at its budget subsidiary Tigerair as the no-frills operator prepares to make its initial foray offshore in March next year. So far, the signs are promising as it creeps into profit for the first time, dramatically improves on-time performance and goes all out to

We have closed the flightdeck door on those that fear our world of flight At times it is all too easy to take what we do for granted. Even if we don’t fly as crew, those of us associated with aviation generally have a baseline of knowledge that allows the oddities to make sense and