Qantas Reducing Flights: Qantas is reducing a number of services on selected routes to New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the US. The cutbacks have largely been implemented due to a growing shortage of technical manpower plus a softening in some areas of the marketplace. Qantas has lost hundreds of highly trained maintenance personnel over the

Fac Faces Revolt: Federal Airports Corporation plans to introduce increased airport fees on general aviation from April 1 have met with strong opposition from interested parties and some severe solutions to a problem which threatens the financial security of most GA and Supplemental Airline operators. In brief, the charges range from $500 per annum per

USA Orders European Two European manufacturers have received large orders for their airliners from American operators. The first is from American Airlines, which has ordered 75 Fokker 100s and optioned a further 75 The order is the largest in the Dutch company’s history and deliveries of the first 75 will be made between 1991 and

Tamworth Selected for $40 Million Pilot Training College: Tamworth, New South Wales, has been selected as the site for a major Pilot Training College to be established in a 50:50 joint venture between Ansett and British Aerospace. The College, which is planned to open next year, will accommodate more than 200 cadets during a 14th