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Rex opens new AAPA campus

A Rex Saab parked outside the new AAPA campus.

Regional Airlines (Rex) has opened the new Wagga Wagga campus of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA).

Wagga Wagga Airport to get ILS

The ATC tower at Wagga Wagga Airport.

Wagga Wagga Airport is set to start operating an Instrument Landing System (ILS) later this year.

The week in brief 270510

Skywest Airlines has appointed Alan Stuart as the new General Manager Sales & Marketing.

New CEO For Sydney Metro Airports

Colin Grove has been appointed as the new CEO of BAC Airports Pty Ltd.

The week in brief 200510

A report from the Oxford Institute of Economics says the first week of disruption resulting from that Icelandic ash cloud cost the EU around 4.7 billion euros in lost business etc.

Airbus to decide on A320 Neo by end of this year

With its hands pretty full with A380 fine tuning and the A350 final assembly plant under construction, Airbus has put the narrow-body replacement project on the back burner.

Etihad wins government travel contract

Etihad Airways has been awarded an International Air Services contract by the Australian Federal Government.

Which?, Skytrax award recipients announced

Air New Zealand has been named Best Airline at the 2010 Which? Awards, presented for leading customer service by the UK's top consumer magazine.

BCS installs new Melbourne Airport baggage system

A BCS tilt tray sorter in action.

Melbourne Airport has introduced a high-speed tilt tray baggage sortation system from BCS Airport Systems as part of the airport's T2 international expansion.

Caltex to upgrade Sydney jet fuel pipeline

Caltex Australia will invest more than $20 million to significantly upgrade its jet fuel pipeline servicing Sydney's domestic and international aviation industry.

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