Virgin Australia captain Deborah Lawrie earned her position in the cockpit by taking legal action in 1979 against Ansett, which had refused to employ female pilots.
With a big question mark over the future of its planes, and all eyes turning to its parent company 777 Partners, who is to blame for Bonza’s predicament?
With reports that its entire fleet had been repossessed in the dead of night, emergency talks about the ongoing viability of the business ended in Bonza entering voluntary administration – so what went wrong?
Here, Australian Aviation lists every flypast in every state, including times and exact locations. Aircraft in the skies include the F-35, Hercules and Super Hornet alongside warbirds such as the A-37 Dragonfly and CAC Winjeel.
A factory near Hamilton Airport in New Zealand has been lovingly manufacturing aircraft for more than 70 years. But after a brutal COVID shutdown, NZAero has revived the project to return with a next-generation utility aircraft, the SuperPac 750XL-II.
Adam Thorn speaks to two of Babcock’s aviation personnel working on the front line, senior base pilot Heath Mastin and senior aircrew officer Ryan Hurrell.