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Regional Express has announced that it will partner with the Armidale Dumaresq Council to commence RPT services between Armidale and Sydney from March 28. The partnership is the result of a request for interest Rex put out in January for regional councils interested in partnering on new services to and from Sydney. Many of these

Rolls-Royce has revealed details of new commercial engines it is developing for future airliners from next decade. The manufacturer said it is developing two new engines – the Advance and the UltraFan – to build upon and replace its Trent series of engines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has announced that 5,000 jobs full-time equivalent job positions will be cut from the company by FY17 as part of a restructure of the airline designed to save up to $2 billion over three years. Joyce told a media conference on Thursday morning that  the job cuts would be drawn

Qantas has recorded an underlying loss before tax of $252 million and a statutory loss after tax of $235 million for the six months to December 31, a figure in line with recent guidance provided by the airline. The loss comes on the back of $7.9 billion in revenue, a drop of four per cent

Airbus’s A350 text fleet doubled in size on February 26 when MSN2 and MSN4 made their first flights from Toulouse. The new aircraft join MSNs1 and 3 in the flight test program which is planned to comprise 2500 hours in the lead up to certification in September. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Air New Zealand has posted a record profit before tax of NZ$197m (A$181.8m) for the first half of the 2014 financial year, a result it attributes to its ‘Go Beyond’ strategy and stable fuel prices. Normalised profit before tax for the half was NZ$180m (A$166m), up 29 per cent, while net profit after tax was