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  • PICTURES: Australia puts last Caribou out to pasture

    09:00 27 November 2009Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaisance Procurement Historic aircraft

    The Royal Australian Air Force has retired its last DHC-4 Caribou light tactical transports, bringing to an end a service history spanning 45 years ...


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  • Australian Helicopters secures Rio Tinto transport contract

    03:00 13 September 2012

    Canadian Helicopters Group's subsidiary Helicopters Australia will operate three new AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew...


  • Australia's Queensland government considers privatising air services to save funds

    03:00 06 September 2012

    Australia's Queensland State Government has launched a review of its air service operations, which comprise the...


  • Australia to acquire two CH-47Ds

    07:40 13 December 2011

    Australia is to acquire two Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters to replace one lost in Afghanistan earlier this...


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  • Australia's Future Fund advances with airport deal

    News | 28 Nov 2012 06:18 | Ellis Taylor

    <p>Australia's Future Fund has entered an agreement to purchase all the assets of Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX), which includes stakes in several airports.</p><p>The...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Australias-Future-Fund-advances-with-airport-deal-379524/

  • Passenger numbers at Australia’s airports to double by 2030

    News | 14 Nov 2012 07:51

    <p>Passenger movements at Australia's capital and non-capital city airports are projected to double to 279 million by 2030.</p><p>In a new report released by...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Passenger-numbers-at-Australias-airports-to-double-by-2030-378964/

  • Alliance extends Xstrata contract for Cloncurry flights

    News | 03 Oct 2012 04:08

    <p>Australia's Alliance Aviation Services has extended its contract with Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Mine (EHM) by two more years for services from Cloncurry...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Alliance-extends-Xstrata-contract-for-Cloncurry-flights-377224/

  • Australian Helicopters secures Rio Tinto transport contract

    News | 13 Sep 2012 03:00 | Emma Kelly

    Canadian Helicopters Group's subsidiary Helicopters Australia will operate three new AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew helicopters on marine transfer flights for resource company Rio Tinto in Western Australia from next March.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Australian-Helicopters-secures-Rio-Tinto-transport-contract-376323/

  • Australia's Queensland government considers privatising air services to save funds

    News | 06 Sep 2012 03:00 | Emma Kelly

    Australia's Queensland State Government has launched a review of its air service operations, which comprise the Government Air Wing, Police Air Wing and Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ), in a move that could see the services privatised from 2014.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Australias-Queensland-government-considers-privatising-air-services-to-save-funds-376042/

  • Australia’s Future Fund makes A$2bn bid for airport holding companies

    News | 24 Aug 2012 08:14 | Greg Waldron

    <p>Australia's state-owned Future Fund has made a bid of A$2 billion ($2.08 billion) to acquire the portfolio of Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX), a listed...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Australias-Future-Fund-makes-A2bn-bid-for-airport-holding-companies-375770/

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  • Where's the Caribou?

    Blog | 22 Mar 2010 09:36 | Leithen Francis

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies//2010/03/wheres-the-caribou.html

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