The terrible optics of today’s Qantas AGM come at a moment when it is very keen to mould the legislative landscape of aviation in its favour.
Belarusian security personnel conduct a search of the Ryanair flight from which they took dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
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Drones are coming to our cities – but what do people really think about them, and how can they have a sustainable future? New research provides some answers.
Don’t call it a comeback.
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Recent advances in technology and new trends in commercial air travel could make supersonic flight economically viable. But regulations will have to change first.
With the right legislation, Ghana hopes to improve aviation compliance and safety.
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It’s hoped that this new aviation legal framework will help Ghana to improve its reputation and performance in all sorts of safety and compliance measures.
Australia was once at the forefront of RPAS regulation, but we now trail other jurisdictions – and we’re alarmingly misaligned with international best practice.
A surprise intrusion by a drone on a Darwin woman skinny-dipping in her secluded backyard pool highlights the many weaknesses of current privacy and stalking laws.
It’s all fun and games until someone cops a fine.
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A carbon tax on airline tickets might sound like a tricky sell, but many airlines already collect a similar levy to raise funds for developing world health initiatives.
Really deep cuts in aircraft emissions are still a distant prospect.
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Governments and the aviation industry have welcomed new proposed aircraft emissions standards - which rather suggests that the new rules don’t go far enough.
Air travel has always been stratified.
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Aviation, which transformed travel and way of life in the 20th century, is being transformed in the 21st century and faces some difficult 21st-century problems.