Welcome Changes to Cao’s There have been some welcome changes to CAO’s which will affect some operators. F or many years, dispensation had to be applied for via an Ops Spec to fuel helicopters while the engine/ rotors were turning (hot refueling). Those operators who found that hot refueling was necessary will be pleased to

Two US airlines with regional backgrounds blossomed after deregulation. From modest beginnings, both grew amid megacarriers without being bought out. Both were reclassified, based on comparable revenues, as “major” airlines the same year. Both were products of the West, where independence and self reliance are esteemed. Yet, one of these airlines has reported its 19th

Imagine a technology which would enable a 15% reduction in fuel burn or a corresponding increase in range and the tremendous implications such a technology would have on the airline industry and the aviation community as a whole. This can be achieved by decreasing drag through keeping the air passing over the top of the

Easier Tasman Travel Link Seen NZ Minister of Commerce, Mr Burdon, has predicted much easier trans-Tasman travel. He believes customs hold-ups would be minimised by the early 2000s. Mr Burdon says passengers will be able to board an aircraft in Wellington and disembark in Melbourne with “no greater formality than if you were disembarking in