Australian Aviation — December 2017

No. 355 December 2017 A $11.95 NZ $12. Print Post Approved 100007959 GOD OF THE SEA P-8A POSEIDON ENTERS RAAF SERVICE GREAT SOUT ...

REGIONAL AIRLINES 4 airlines, 8 destinations Making new destinations possible Easy access CORPORATE JETS 50 of Australasia’s ...

DECEMBER 2017AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 3 Contents 4 Locked On 8 Notam 10 Preflight 18 Asia Watch 19 Flight Levels 20 On Target 21 Cabi ...

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LOCKED ONLOCKED ON Final flight Outgoing CO 88SQN WGCDR Ray ‘Homer’ Simpson passes Tomaree Head Summit during his final flight a ...

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PHOTOGRAPH: AIRBUS First flight Airbus’s A330neo poses for the camera during its (belated) first flight. The neo (for ‘new engin ...

8 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 NOTAM GERARD FRAWLEY Managing Editor MANAGING EDITOR Gerard Frawley NEWS EDITOR Jordan Chong ...

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10 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 Blue skies ahead? Virgin Australia posts second consecutive quarterly profit, provides upbe ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 11 Qantas profit growth on upward trajectory Q antas expects to return to profit growth in the ...

12 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 Preflight Australian aviation news & views Cathay Pacific not waiting for Hong Kong’s t ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 13 For the latest news visit australianaviation.com.au China Airlines prepares to join Kangaro ...

14 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 Preflight Australian aviation news & views Samoa Airways to ensure country able to dete ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 15 For the latest news visit australianaviation.com.au +61 (8) 6189 0700 leasing@awesomeaviati ...

16 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 Preflight Australian aviation news & views IATA boss says airport privatisation a failu ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 17 For the latest news visit australianaviation.com.au Remembering Ben Sandilands Tributes hav ...

18 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 W hen the heads of Asia’s major airlines gathered in Taiwan’s capital Taipei in late Octobe ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 19 T he best part of an airline career is the relaxing layovers at destinations, only to retur ...

20 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 The October and November On Target columns outlined the evolution of RAAF organisational po ...