Australian Aviation Podcast Network
The official podcast network of Australian Aviation – where we unpack all the latest insights and developments plus the big issues impacting Australia’s aviation sector.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 353
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Babcock’s Peter Newington on leadership in aviation
UNSW’s Marek Bekier on the future of air traffic management
Marek Bekier is a senior vice president at ACR Aviation Capacity Resources, which manages air traffic at 17 Swedish airports.
In this special episode in partnership with UNSW’s School of Aviation, Be…
Assessing Australia’s long-range strike capabilities
In this special episode, the editors of Defence Connect and Australian Aviation, Liam Garman and Adam Thorn, talk through the biggest industry topics. First up, they discuss the need for long-range …
Adelaide Airport’s MD talks Australia’s COVID response
Domestic travel in Australia may have bounced back to pre-pandemic highs, but our international passenger traffic is still far down on 2019.
In this special episode, Adelaide Airport’s MD, Brenton Co…
How US airlines are poaching Aussie pilots
Like a phoenix rising from the flames, Hannah Dowling returns in her new role as US correspondent to talk about her latest story. She tells host Adam Thorn how and why US airlines are taking Austral…
How to fix our engineering talent shortage
Our aviation industry has been long grappling with a chronic lack of engineering talent — with COVID-19 exacerbating the problem.
On this week’s episode, Adam Thorn talks to the RAAA, which last week…
Australian Aviation live at Land Forces
Australian Aviation attended last week’s Land Forces military exhibition in Brisbane and interviewed two guests on the floor.
Jay Macklin had a storied military career that saw him fly Black Hawks be…
Sydney Airport’s Greg Hay on aviation’s exciting post-pandemic future
Greg Hay is the General Manager of Operations at Sydney Airport. Over the last few years, he’s seen first-hand how our industry has changed before, during and after COVID-19 at Australia’s busiest a…
Inside Virgin’s plan to fire rockets from 747s
It sounds mad, but it’s real: Virgin Orbit has perfected audacious technology to fire rockets from refurbished Boeing 747s.
Speaking exclusively from LA, the business’ CEO, Dan Hart, tells the Austra…
UNSW’s Andrew Charlton talks managing aviation’s recovery
Andrew Charlton is the managing director of Aviation Advocacy, a consultancy firm based in Switzerland.
His exhaustive CV includes stints as chief legal officer of Qantas before heading government …
Inside USQ’s trailblazing hypersonic wind tunnel
Hypersonic research has become one of the biggest topics in global aviation, as countries compete to develop the next generation of missiles so manoeuvrable, they can’t be intercepted.
The advances a…
Australian Aviation bids farewell to Hannah
Dogged reporter, podcast host, and writer with total disrespect for word counts: Hannah Dowling made quite the impression during her two years at Australian Aviation. As she leaves for a new life in…
Qantas execs hit the tarmac to handle bags
This week has seen Qantas in the headlines again over poor service, flight disruptions, and a new program that would see its corporate executives moving passenger baggage. In this episode of the Aus…
Managing your money in a high inflation, post-COVID world
The COVID-19 crisis may have receded, but it’s been replaced by soaring inflation, rising interest rates, and worries about a possible recession. It’s being caused by the continued impact of pandemi…
The realities of overseas travel right now
The struggles of the global aviation industry hit a little closer to home this week. In this episode of the Australian Aviation Podcast, hosts Adam Thorn and recently-returned Hannah Dowling discuss…
Meeting the new head of Defence Space Command
Defence Space Command is the new space division of the ADF and currently resides within the RAAF. On this week’s episode, Bella Richards sits down with its new head, Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Rober…
Air Canada 787 captain Doug Morris
Doug Morris has been an Air Canada pilot for 26 years, and currently flies 787s. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because we ran extracts from his fantastic new book — called This is Your Captain S…
Sky’s The Limit Podcast: Changing the game with Merren McArthur
Merren McArthur has certainly made her mark on Australia’s aviation sector as the former CEO of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Tigerair who was dedicated to improving female engagement in avi…
A near-total recovery for aviation, but are we ready?
This week, Bonza unveiled its new ‘wear it your way’ uniforms, while the ACCC revealed that Australia’s domestic passenger capacity reached 89 per cent of pre-COVID levels in April. In this episode …
Australia’s close call with a Chinese fighter jet
On Thursday, 26 May, a Chinese-built J-16 fighter jet “cut across the nose” of a RAAF P-8 Poseidon, getting so close that the fighter’s chaff was “ingested” into the aircraft’s engine. In this episod…