Year: 2015

Cathay Pacific has unveiled a subtle change to its aircraft livery that chief executive Ivan Chu says “represents the beginning of a new era” for the Hong Kong-based aviation powerhouse. The airline showed off its first aircraft featuring the new look, a Boeing 777-300ER, at a special event at Hong Kong Airport on Sunday. This

Airbus has confirmed plans to open an additional A320 Family production line in Hamburg as part of moves to increase the production rate of its popular single-aisle aircraft to 60 a month by the middle of 2019. The manufacturer’s executive vice-president for programs Didier Evrard said growing demand for single aisle aircraft and an “impressive”

Saved By The Belle Air Tankers Dc-10 Southern Belle And L-100 Hercules Thor Are Making A Splash As They Aim To Validate Whether Bigger Is Better In Aerial Firefighting. An ‘above normal’ bushfire season has been predicted for a number of capital cities thanks to a strong El Niño phase feeding warm and dry conditions

Qantas’s Boeing 737-800 retrojet headed to Longreach over the weekend as part of a charity flight raising funds for drought affected Western Queensland. The ‘Retro Roo’, VH-XZP, touched down at Longreach just after 1000 local time on Saturday carrying a full load of 168 passengers who each paid $737 for the day trip from Sydney

Adelaide Airport Ltd (AAL) has maintained its status as the nation’s fastest growing capital city airport, enabling the company to almost triple its annual profit. The annual report, just released, showed AAL pre-tax profit soared from $19.7 million to $52.3 million in 2014/15, helped by a significant lift in property values and lower financing costs.