Transport & Logistics

Bristow Helicopters Australia has started work on the construction of a $7 million helicopter hangar and heliport at Karratha Airport.

Skywest has received interim approval from the competition watchdog for its corporate tie-up with Virgin Australia.

Western Australian shipbuilder Austal has been chosen as preferred tenderer to build eight new patrol boats for Customs and Border Protection.

Skywest has announced twice-weekly flights between Perth, Busselton and Albany will commence on July 8.

WESTERN Australian-based Heliwest has struck a deal with local oil and gas company Roc Oil (WA) to provide service and maintenance crew transfers for its Cliff Head project off the coast of Dongara.

The Royal Automobile Club, which trades as the RAC, is in a unique position in Western Australia.

AUSTRALIA'S major ports have witnessed an increase in stevedoring unit costs and revenues while productivity has fallen, according to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report releas

In an already competitive airspace, Western Australia's regional air charter sector is set to have a new player after Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd muscled into the local business.

Queensland based Alliance Airlines is set to establish a strong presence in Western Australia after successfully tendering for BHP Billiton Nickel West's Leinster and Mount Keith air charter service operations.

Western Australian aviation company Airflite has won a six-year, $17.6 million contract to maintain 97 different mechanical and avionics components on the Royal Australian Air Force's PC9/A aircraft.

In the second instalment of a five-part series on transport logistics, Alison Birrane investigates the role of cargo inspectors in the process.

A CONSORTIUM of private business people has emerged as a potential saviour of failed Ansett Australia's regional subsidiary Skywest.