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The first 787 for Eithad Airways has been rolled out in a ceremony at Boeing’s Everett facilities on September 28. The aircraft, the first of 71 787s on order for the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, sports Etihad’s new livery first revealed only days earlier on its first Airbus A380. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Low-cost carrier Scoot will celebrate the new year with Boeing 787-9 services to Hong Kong and Perth from its Singapore hub. Scoot has brought forward its inaugural Dreamliner flights to January 1 2015, according to the Airline Route website. Previously, the Singapore Airlines-owned carrier was due to start replacing its six Boeing 777-200ERs with 787-9s from March 29 2015.

About 70 airports in Australia and New Zealand are participating in the first ever Airport Safety Week, which kicked off on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the focus of the week was on developing and maintaining a safe environment for those who worked at airports. This

Air New Zealand’s engineering facility is overflowing with new aircraft after taking delivery of two factory fresh airframes from Boeing in the past three days. The first, Boeing 777-300ER ZK-OKS, arrived at 0458 local time at Auckland Airport on Saturday, September 27th. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

While Qantas has stuck true to its forecast of no capacity growth across its Qantas and Jetstar domestic operations for the first half of 2014/15, this capacity discipline has yet to translate to improved yields through July and August, latest figures show. The airline group has managed a slight capacity reduction in the first two

RAAF Base Amberley is set to become the operating base for 35SQN and the future fleet of 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifters that are expected to arrive in Australia in 2015, Air Force News has reported. The first aircraft are anticipated to initially be based at RAAF Base Richmond when they begin arriving early next