The boys are back after Easter and there's a few news topics to cover:

• Two guys have flown a single engined aircraft from the USA to Australia, replicating Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's flight as part of a fund raiser for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
• The RNZAF have received the first of their upgraded P-3K2 Orions while their remaining A-4K Skyhawks are going up for tender.
• Australian air traffic controllers may be experiencing fatigue issues.
• The delivery date for Qantas' 787s keeps getting pushed out with it now forecast for the second quarter of 2012.
• Severe weather has led to reduced traveller numbers in February.
• Europe is raising concerns about Qantas possibly setting up a base in Shanghai.
• Strategic Airlines is talking about flying to the USA now that they're doing flights to Bali which will be challenging with a very small fleet.
• Tiger Airways in the news for the wrong reasons with CASA threatening grounding due to training & maintenance issues. They're also 8 months late on submitting their end of financial year accounts.