Industry Sectors

• Airlines

  • The modern traveller relies on efficient aircraft operators to get anywhere in the world at a reasonable and competitive price. This is where the world airlines are heading and prices are being reflected accordingly.

• Airports

  • Without airports, there is no aviation as we know it. This site is designed to draw attention to the airports around the Asia Pacific region and the people and organisations that work within airport perimeters.

• Cargo

  • Apart from people moving, the next largest activity on most airports is the handling and movement of cargo domestically and internationally.

• Engines

  • Engines are where its at. The reason aviation has been so successful is because engine manufacturers and aviation regulators have made it their business to ensure that when an aircraft reaches for the sky, it will return under powered and controlled conditions.

• General Aviation

  • General Aviation is the nursery of aviation throughout the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Australia, which is 3rd behind the USA and Canada in operating aircraft over very large country distances. GA is the source of initial (ab initio) training for light aircraft and helicopters, which lead on to commercial pilot operations for charter, airline and military operations

• Helicopters

  • The latter part of the twentieth century has seen unprecedented developments in helicopter quality and operational function. They have become fundamental to the functioning of most modern economies, where they come to the fore in extreme emergency situations over land and water.

•  Industry

  • The aviation industry centres around the many manufacturers who have over the years developed, through trial and error, equipment that manages to remain airborne and in the modern era, does it very safely. In the western world certain companies have dominated and grown through the 20th century, however the 21st century is seeing new players emerge by virtue of their capacity to capitalise on new technology and sciences.

•  Military

  • An important part of aviation is the world's air forces. Like Formula 1 motor racing, air forces set the standard and push the envelope when it comes to extracting the most performance out of a flying machine. Many of the world's commercial industry manufacturers also have an important part of their manufacturing capacity dedicated to military applications, developments and experiments to feed the never ending quest for superiorority.

•  Regional Airlines

  •  Regional airlines are part of the reason for taming the vast distances of operating within Australia. The Asia Pacific region is vast and many regional operators are helping to open the countries to business and tourism.

•  Regulation

  • Aviation, by virtue of the nature of it, requires certain amounts of regulation so it may function in an orderly and safe way. This page brings together the elements that make up the regulatory environment.

• Simulation

  • This is the century for simulation. Modern aviation has taken us into a very expensive, yet very productive realm with the operating knowledge of aircraft users expanding at a rapid rate due to the ability to use simulation equipment and software.
  • Military and airline aviation are the big users and gainers from the modern trend to greater use of simulation. With aircraft, both military and jetliners costing in excess of $100 million per copy, it is very cost efficient to use simulation, even though simulation is now moving beyond the $1 million per copy for big equipment items.