Aerospace Manufacturing and Exports Take Off Manufacturing output from the Australian aerospace industry has increased by over 100% (in real terms) in the last four years whilst exports have increased from about $150 million. These figures are based on a survey of the industry’s performance conducted by officers of the Aerospace Industry Council, the Association
International Air Safety Law, 1988 World Congress On 8 March 1988, after many months of hard work, the Organising Committee publicly launched the ALAA’s International Air Safety Law 1988 World Conference. Patron of the Congress, the Honourable Sir Laurence Street, KCMG, Chief Justice of New South Wales, welcomed sponsors and the large number of contributors
X-30 Nasp Programme Management Restructure The United States’ X-30 National Aerospace Plane programme is progressing in spite of a major revision of its management structure. The NASP project had been under the control of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) until April this year, when control of the project was passed to the USAF.
New Landing Fees Proposed The Federal Airport Corporation’s proposed ‘season ticket’ system for aircraft using secondary capital city airports represents yet another burden on general aviation. On the other hand, the FAC has looked at several other ways of reducing its losses and found none of them suitable or efficient. The industry certainly does not
Merger Plan Fades Into Obscurity Whatever enthusiasm the New Zealand Government initially felt for Senator Gareth Evans’ proposal for a merger of Qantas, Air New Zealand and Australian Airlines, it handled the matter very clumsily. Quite understandably, the New Zealand airline was highly miffed to have to learn from the newspapers that talks on the