Year: 2018

Qantas is a day away from claiming second place on the list of world’s longest passenger flight measured by distance. When the Australian carrier’s 7,829nm London Heathrow-Perth nonstop service with Boeing 787-9 equipment takes off on Saturday March 24, it will trail only Qatar Airways’ 7,848nm Auckland-Doha flight. The QF9/10 rotation, which links the continents

Virgin Australia’s latest batch of pilot cadets has graduated and will shortly begin flying the airline’s ATR 72 turboprops and Boeing 777-300ER widebodies as First and Second Officers. The airline’s advanced pilot cadets completed the 22-week course run by Flight Training Adelaide in South Australia. Meanwhile, those completing the ab initio course, which is designed

The lead elements of the 2018 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) will soon begin arriving in the Darwin to prepare for the seventh and largest rotation to date. The rotation will include 1,587 US Marines, eight MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and an artillery battery of six M777 Howitzers. Minister for Defence Senator Marise Payne welcomed the

The RAAF has declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, meaning the maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft can now be tasked on operations. The milestone was announced by Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne at the RAAF’s 2018 Air Power Conference in Canberra on Tuesday. “The P-8A is a very capable and

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is seeking feedback in response to an independent review of its new fatigue risk management rules. The review was announced in August 2017, when CASA deferred the introduction of Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 48.1 in response to feedback from the aviation community. The final report, released on Thursday, said

Boeing is marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Boeing Research & Technology Australia (BR&T-Australia). Established in 2008, BR&T-Australia has worked with government and university partners to lead and collaborate on major technology projects spanning advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems, defence, and virtual reality/augmented reality systems. “Our BR&T-Australia team strengthens our business by ensuring that the