Aerodromes Go Local: The South Australian Local Government Association has agreed to the withdrawal of 18 aerodromes from the Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan (ALOP). The first to transfer to full local ownership was Whyalla Aerodrome, which was handed over to the City of Whyalla during June. Under the ALOP scheme, local authorities owned their aerodromes,

Spares Ground Soviet Bombers: A lack of spare parts is reportedly having a serious effect on the serviceability rate of some Soviet military aircraft, including its strategic bomber force. The supersonic Tupolev Tu-22 Backfire swing wing medium range twin has a serviceability rate of only 30 to 40%, according to the commander of one of

Sydney Atc Work Starts: Work has begun on the installation of new air traffic control equipment at Sydney Airport, part of a nationwide program by the CAA which will see the complete upgrading of Australia’s ATC radar network. Ultimately, the project will result in integrated ATC radar coverage over an 800km. wide strip stretching from

Traffic Keeps on Keeping On: An expected increase in July domestic airline activity, due to the school holidays, over that of June was not unexpected. However, the anticipated fall off in August has reversed with DoTC figures showing that August traffic was almost as strong as that of July. In Revenue Passenger Kilometre (RPK) terms,