Year: 2018

Cyber-attack leaves questions about transparency When the heads of airlines from the Asia-Pacific gathered on the South Korean island of Jeju in mid-October for the 62nd annual Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) Assembly of Presidents, one of them had a secret. Rupert Hogg, chief executive of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways had known, since

The images of earthmovers moving, err, earth on the site of the new Western Sydney Airport is a sight for jaded eyes. The history of a second airport for Sydney stretches back decades, and more than 30 years have passed since the selection of the site at Badgerys Creek. But now preliminary earthworks are firmly

Japan will have its first aircraft carriers since World War 2 after announcing its intention to acquire up to 42 short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B variants of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter to operate off its Izumo class helicopter carrier ships.

A RAAF C-130J Hercules has been able to put its newly-fitted external fuel tanks to good use during its participation in Exercise Christmas Drop, a US Air Force exercise to airdrop Christmas packages to remote Pacific Island communities.

Tiny Air Kiribati is to significantly grow its fleet with the acquisition of two Embraer E190-E2 jets.

Qantas has operated its first flight to Hong Kong using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, while Singapore Airlines has introduced the Airbus A350 onto the Adelaide route.