The 737 MAX is powered by CFM International Leap-1B engines. (Boeing)

Boeing 737 MAX pilot class action grows

August 27, 2019 8 comment

About 3,000 pilots from 12 airlines have joined a class action seeking compensation following grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX.

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A 2016 file image of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU. (Seth Jaworski)

Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU to be retired in October

August 26, 2019 13 comment

The Qantas Boeing 747-400 fleet will be reduced to just six aircraft from mid-October when VH-OJU Lord Howe Island is withdrawn from service.

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Canberra Airport releases 2040 draft master plan

August 26, 2019 1 comment

Canberra Airport’s draft master plan says passenger numbers are expected to grow from 3.3 million in 2018/19 to almost nine million by 2039/40.

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3SQN and AEOSPO staff with a quad pack of GBU-39/B SDB1s on a BRU-61/A rack. (Defence)

RAAF conducting small diameter bomb training for F-35As

August 26, 2019 0 comment

The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) first F-35A squadron has been conducting GBU-39/B small diameter bomb increment 1 (SDB1) training.

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B-KPH, Cathay’s eighth 777-300ER stands ready for loading and departure on its delivery flight to Hong Kong. (Andrew McLaughlin)

From the archives: Delivery of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER

August 25, 2019 0 comment

This story from the Australian Aviation archives is from August 2008, when Andrew McLaughlin wrote about the delivery of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER.

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Regional Express is considering flying in the Northern Territory. (Seth Jaworski)

Rex bracing for tough 2019/20

August 23, 2019 2 comment

Regional Express (Rex) says it is bracing for tough times ahead amid a deteriorating global economy after reporting a small rise in net profit for 2018/19.

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