Southern Cross Floats Ambitious Plan to Relaunch Compass Proposed new entrant, Southern Cross Airlines, surprised the aviation community during mid February with an ambitious plan to merge with the failed Compass. For all intents and purposes the new Compass would essentially be what Southern Cross Airlines would have been – a two class mildly discounted

 Keating Rings in the Changes: The Prime Minister’s economic statement of February 26 had strong implications for the airline industry (refer Recce), and although sweeping changes have been announced, they were for the most part as predicted in our last issue’s Stop Press section. Broadly speaking, the changes include the establishment of a single Australia/New

Jandako T Plans: Perth’s Jandakot airport could become a bit of a money spinner for the Federal Airports Corporation if plans for it are realised. The FAC wants to develop the airport’s aviation facilities – including the building of a fourth runway- along with commercial ventures on the site. These include a silicon sand mining

Raf Training Cuts: Further to the hefty cuts already announced for the RAF, the British service is to rationalise its fast jet training system to reduce costs. The currently separate advanced flying training and weapons/tactics courses will be combined (still using Hawks), reducing students’ flying hours on these courses from 135 to 100. Wings will