Year: 2015

Qantas to once again become an ETOPS world leader The Qantas order for Boeing 787‑9s for its international operation and the aircraft’s capability to operate 330 minutes ETOPS opens up the possibility to fragment the South Pacific as never before and ultimately to open up flights across the South Pole. While Qantas, through Trans Australian

Qantas says it will add a second retro-jet to its fleet in November when it unveils another Boeing 737-800 in one of the airline’s historic liveries as part of its 95-year anniversary celebrations. The airline hopes the second ‘Retro Roo’, which will feature one of Qantas’s 12 historic liveries since 1920, will spark a “fresh wave

The federal government has released the draft airport plan and environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek, paving the way for construction to begin in 2016. The documents cover indicative flight paths, noise contours, the building requirements for stage one of the airport’s development and the long term vision

Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti is joining the board of bottler Coca-Cola Amatil in December. It will be Borghetti’s fourth non-Virgin directorship, as he is currently on the board of Energy Australia, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and NSW Customer Advisory Board. He also sits on the Virgin Australia board. This content is available exclusively

Gulfstream says its newest business jet the G500 has successfully completed 100 hours of flight testing ahead of its scheduled certification in 2017. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed

UNSW aviation students will have the ability to become ‘QantasLink Approved’ through the course of their degree studies To a backdrop of University of New South Wales training aircraft and a QantasLink Dash 8-Q400, the two organisations announced the next step in their long-standing relationship. Selected student pilots at UNSW will have tailored training designed