Year: 2023

The airline’s private equity owner, 777 Partners, insisted it was always the plan for Rick Howell to leave after overseeing its launch.

The waves are expected to comprise aircraft including Orion AP-3C, Neptune SP-2H, Spitfire Mk IX, Grumman Tracker S-2G, Dakota C-47, two Caribou DHC-4, and Iroquois Huey UH-1B.

A photo taken by aviation photographer Andrew Hunt shows previously scrapped VH-OQF alongside another Super Jumbo once owned by the Flying Kangaroo, certainly VH-OQE.

Contaminated pitot tubes were the likely culprit in an issue with a 737 freighter’s altimeter that forced it to return to Perth in June 2022, the ATSB has said.

The arrival of 50th carrier Vietjet this morning comes months after the airport’ CEO, Geoff Culbert, said international travel was still “lagging behind” and called on airlines to put on more services.

RACQ LifeFlight has won a five-year CASA Part 145 certification for its approved maintenance organisation (AMO), which signifies it is operating to internationally recognised aviation regulations.