Emirates cancels large Airbus A350 order

June 11, 2014 13 comment

Emirates Airline has cancelled an order for 70 Airbus A350 twinjets it had placed in 2007. The cancellation, for 50 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s due to start being delivered from 2019, is a blow to Airbus’s ambitions for the aircraft as it nears service entry with Qatar Airways later this year. This content is available

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Saudi A330 MRTT drags F-15s to Red Flag

June 11, 2014 3 comment

A Royal Saudi Air Force A330 MRTT tanker has supported a trans-Atlantic deployment of RSAF F-15s to Las Vegas to Red Flag exercises earlier this year. The aircraft staged through Moron AFB in Spain and McGuire AFB in New Jersey, and covered 16,000km each way. A release from Airbus Defence and Space congratulating the RSAF

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ATSB reports on Virgin Australia ATR structural damage

June 11, 2014 15 comment

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a preliminary report into structural damage suffered by a Virgin Australia ATR 72 on a flight from Canberra to Sydney on February 20. The aircraft – registered VH-FVR – was operating a RPT service into Sydney when the crew experienced a possible over speed event while on

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Virgin, Qantas and the battle for Longreach

June 10, 2014 7 comment

This brief Twitter exchange between the official Virgin Australia and Qantas Twitter accounts on Tuesday night shows that there is no love lost between Australia’s major airlines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot

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Australian Aviation Associations Forum calls for action on AASR report

June 10, 2014 0 comment

The Australian Aviation Associations Forum says it welcomes the independent report into Australia’s aviation safety system. The federal government-commissioned report into aviation safety regulation (AASR) in Australia has called for substantial cultural and structural changes at the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and for better leadership of and coordination between Australia’s aviation safety agencies. A comprehensive

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Pacific Sun becomes Fiji Link

June 10, 2014 0 comment

Fiji Airways regional subsidiary Pacific Sun has been formally renamed and relaunched as Fiji Link in a ceremony on June 6. The ceremony coincided with the arrival in Suva of the airline’s first of two new ATR 72-600s. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

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