iscoverYear: 2018
Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operator
| 17 Comments on Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operatorDarwin has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight, with Silkair’s MI801 touching down in the Northern Territory capital a few minutes before 1500 local time on Sunday. Silkair’s inaugural MAX service, operated by 9V-MBC, covered the 1,804nm journey between Singapore and Darwin in a little over four and a half hours. The
Read more »First Airbus A321neo ACF variant breaks cover at Hamburg
/ | 6 Comments on First Airbus A321neo ACF variant breaks cover at HamburgAirbus has rolled out the first A321neo Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) aircraft, the largest variant of the company’s A320 narrowbody family that is designed to seat up to 240 passengers. The first A321neo ACF, powered by CFM Leap-1A engines, was unveiled at Airbus’s Hamburg facility on January 5 (European time) after completing final assembly. This
Read more »Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks set to resume
/ | 2 Comments on Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks set to resumeThe Malaysian government is set to announce it has accepted an offer from a private company to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, media reports say. US-based Ocean Infinity, which first made the offer to Malaysia in October 2017, has one of its search vessels, the Seabed Constructor, en route from Durban
Read more »L3 establishes three international boards
/L3 Technologies has established local boards of directors in three of its key international focus markets. The new boards will support L3’s military and commercial businesses in Australia, Canada and the UK, and will support the development of and promote strategic initiatives in their respective regions. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Read more »Air Canada looking to deepen partnership with Virgin Australia
/ | 14 Comments on Air Canada looking to deepen partnership with Virgin AustraliaAir Canada vice president for global sales Duncan Bureau says the airline is working to deepen its partnership with Virgin Australia as it expands in this part of the world through the start of new nonstop Melbourne-Vancouver services with the Boeing 787-9. Virgin Australia began codesharing with the Canadian flag carrier in May 2017, when
Read more »NSW government considers Lord Howe Island runway extension
/ | 26 Comments on NSW government considers Lord Howe Island runway extensionThe NSW Department of Transport says it is investigating a runway extension at Lord Howe Island Airport after signing a new four-year deal with QantasLink to maintain air links to the island. Lord Howe Island Airport, located about 425nm east of Sydney in the Pacific Ocean, has a single runway in an east-west orientation that
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