First HATS H135 arrives at Nowra The first of 15 Airbus Helicopters H135s (EC135 T2+) for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) arrived at its new home at HMAS Albatross, Nowra on March 31 after flying in from Airbus Helicopters’ facility at Bankstown Airport. The H135 carries the ADF serial of

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group News Qantas ferried 747-48E VH-OEB from Sydney to Hong Kong as QF6015 on March 10 for planned maintenance. 767-338ER VH-OGK has been in storage at Victorville since August 15 ’14 and has been sold. On March 14 it was cancelled from the Australian register and the

Qantas may have suffered a setback with its failure to get a green light for a Hong Kong-based Jetstar but elsewhere in Asia its stable of no-frills offshoots is now paying dividends. In Singapore, Vietnam and Japan, the budget carrier is attracting increasing numbers of customers and making money It may seem strange to launch

From fuel to forests, Air NZ talks sustainability When Captain David Morgan talks about sustainability, the discussion is as much about what Air New Zealand is doing in the wider community as it is about efforts to make day-to-day operations more efficient. Air NZ’s chief of flight operations and safety officer says the airline’s 11,000