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AuthorEmirates cancels large Airbus A350 order
June 11, 2014 13 commentEmirates 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
Read moreSaudi A330 MRTT drags F-15s to Red Flag
June 11, 2014 3 commentA 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
Read moreATSB reports on Virgin Australia ATR structural damage
June 11, 2014 15 commentThe 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
Read moreVirgin, Qantas and the battle for Longreach
June 10, 2014 7 commentThis 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
Read moreAustralian Aviation Associations Forum calls for action on AASR report
June 10, 2014 0 commentThe 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
Read morePacific Sun becomes Fiji Link
June 10, 2014 0 commentFiji 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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