The RAAF is scaling down its presence at Butterworth Airbase in Malaysia. From its busy days in the 1970s with two fighter squadrons and their support. The RAAF will reduce to a small, tightly-knit establishment, largely to cater for regular visits by Hornet fighters and F-111C strike aircraft. This means that much of the infrastructure

Full-Blooded Deregulation To Replace Two Airline Policy October 7, 1987 will go down in Australian aviation history as the day on which the federal government officially moved to terminate the long lived Two Airline Policy. Senator Evans’ announcement was most noteworthy for the lack of surprise that it aroused within the industry. Full deregulation was

Bankstown Grows: Airport Director Howard Knox reports that traffic at Bankstown Airport in Sydney is rocketing ahead despite some variations from month to month. Movements rose by under 3% in June 1987 over the previous year but July was up by a surprising 22%. In the calender year to July 1987, 19. 3% more aircraft

Israel Cancels Lavi: Israel eventually decided to cancel its controversial Lavi indigenous fighter programme during early September. Lavi was heading towards a heavy projected project cost overrun that was beginning to place a heavy strain on the limited resources of the Israeli national budget. For more than a year, IAI and the Defence Ministry had