Steve Creedy From: The Australian May 27, 2011 ALICE Springs is set to host the first dedicated aircraft storage facility outside the US after an agreement between Northern Territory Airports and Australian-based company Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage. APAS is hoping to capitalise on high growth and aircraft turnover in the Asia-Pacific to build an aircraft […] Read More

TOURISTS might soon have a reason to fly to Alice Springs other than visiting Uluru. The red centre could soon have its equivalent of the so-called aircraft ”boneyards” synonymous with deserts in California and Arizona. A 110-hectare site beside Alice Springs Airport’s runway and terminal has been earmarked as Australia’s first graveyard for airlines’ old […] Read More

The first dedicated aircraft storage facility outside the US is to be built at Alice Springs Airport. Agreement for the construction and operation of the facility was finalised this week between Alice Springs Airport Pty Ltd (ASA) and Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage Pty Ltd (APAS). APAS will now commence discussions with various airlines and aircraft […] Read More

SYDNEY???With Asia facing a coming glut of decommissioned jumbo jets seeking a final resting place, Australia’s vast interior desert, the Outback, is set to become home to the first large-scale aircraft graveyard outside the U.S. Alice Springs Airport said Friday that it signed a lease agreement for a 100-hectare aircraft storage and recycling facility???big enough […] Read More