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AuthorRAAF Air Task Group marks 100 days of combat over Iraq
January 19, 2015 1 commentThe Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Task Group (ATG) has clocked up 3,500 hours of combat operations during which it has destroyed 61 targets after 100 days of playing its part in the international effort to disrupt and degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The ATG has been conducting regular
Read moreTruss approves Perth Airport masterplan
January 19, 2015 3 commentPerth Airport’s latest 20 year masterplan, which includes plans for a long-awaited parallel runway and significant terminal expansion and consolidation, has been granted federal government approval by Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss. “The masterplan I have approved outlines its aim of lifting gross regional product to an exceptional $7.04 billion by 2034, which will
Read moreAirservices adds flight simulator course for trainee air traffic controllers
January 19, 2015 0 commentAirservices is putting trainee air traffic controllers through flight simulator sessions to give them a better understanding of a pilot’s perspective at 30,000ft. The flightdeck orientation and familiarisation course in a Boeing 737 simulator is run by Flight Experience in Melbourne, with current pilots from a number of Australian airlines used as instructors. This content
Read moreSecond Virgin Australia 737-700 repainted
January 19, 2015 3 commentThe second of only two Boeing 737-700s now in the Virgin Australia fleet, VH-VBZ, has been repainted. The aircraft, first delivered to Virgin Blue in 2005 and named Maliblue, emerged from the Flying Colours paintshop at Townsville Airport on Friday evening wearings its new Virgin Australia colours and bearing the new name Cronulla Beach. This
Read moreAir NZ searching for identity of youngsters featured on commemorative stamp collection
January 19, 2015 1 commentIf you were a young girl in New Zealand in the 1940s, 1950s or 1970s and had your picture taken on or near an aircraft, Air New Zealand would like to hear from you. The New Zealand flag carrier is searching for three young girls whose images are currently on a series of commemorative stamps
Read moreQantas’s new A330 business class makes its international debut
January 17, 2015 2 commentQantas says it is on track to have five of its 28 Airbus A330 fleet fitted with the new business class at the end of March as it deploys the first internationally reconfigured A330-300 aircraft on the Singapore route this weekend. The city-state is the first international destination to receive what Qantas describes as a
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