CAAA News

This week we will start with Hobart Airport. Hobart could be in the most picturesque location and one of the smallest of the capital city airports! The airport currently welcomes up to 2.8 million passengers a year. Hobart airport stands on the Lutruwita lands of the First Nations People.  This comparatively small airport was commissioned … Read more

With a kickstart to travel this year following a couple of tough years, airports worldwide are struggling to do what they have always done best: to process passengers and get them onto flights.   Australian airports haven’t changed, but airlines have faced massive hurdles resulting in baggage delays and cancelled flights. Staff shortages are the number … Read more

 Airline disappearances have always captured the attention of the world.  We think we know every corner of our vast planet, but there are still places where something as large as an aeroplane can disappear without a trace.  Today we will look at ten such mysteries. 1.      Malaysia Airlines Flight (MH370) When Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 … Read more

Crew resource management is not a compulsory course for all operators; however, it is an integral part of the practical management of any flight. As a result most operators now include some form of CRM and human factors training into their regular program. Changes to CASA legislation will see this becoming a compulsory element in … Read more

What is a ULD? According to IATA -(the International Air Transport Association), “A ULD is a device for grouping and restraining cargo, mail, and baggage for air transport. This could be either a fixed container or a pallet with mesh or netting to restrain the contents.” Boeing B-777F MainDeck Loading timelapse – YouTube When did … Read more

Air Freight and Covid19 With the full resumption of passenger flights within Australia and overseas it’s a good time to look at how the Covid 19 pandemic has impacted air freight in Australia and globally. According to a report by A. Sumner, C. Hoy, and E. Ortiz-Juarez, “Estimates of the Impact of COVID-19 on Global … Read more

The helicopter plays a vital role in aviation history. Today many helicopter types are operating in the commercial aviation space, ranging from small two-person private helicopters to large passenger-carrying types and work vehicles capable of carrying considerable loads to remote places. We will look at how the helicopter developed from ancient times in China to … Read more

This week Australia’s own Qantas Airlines set a speed record for its inaugural non-stop 787 flight from Perth to Rome, with the first flight touching down in just 15 hours and 34 minutes. Let’s have a look at some more Australian aviation firsts: Australia’s first balloon flight Fifty years before aeroplanes in Australia, our first successful … Read more

Australia is a country of extremes. When Dorothea Mackellar wrote the iconic Australian poem “My Country” with the line referring to droughts and flooding rains in 1904, she recognised Australia as a place of extremes. Extreme heat, extreme rains, and extreme landscapes. We are going to look at 7 Australian weather extremes. 1.     Extreme rainfall … Read more

The Aviation Industry and Fatigue Management “My mind clicks on and off … I try letting one eyelid close at a time while I prop the other open with my will. My whole body argues dully that nothing, nothing life can attain, is quite so desirable as sleep. My mind is losing resolution and control.” … Read more