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Air New Zealand works with upstart UK seatmaker Acro to develop all-new space-saving seat When Air New Zealand takes its Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft early next year, they will be fitted front to back with a brand new space-saving slimline Series 6 seat from British manufacturer Acro, which wowed audiences at the Aircraft Interiors

The Airbus A350 settles into service and looks to the future Four years after its first flight, the Airbus A350 XWB is proving itself a reliable and passenger-pleasing aircraft as it continues to enter into more airlines’ service. With all the benefits of a new-generation composite twinjet, as well as a spacious economy cabin and

Last hurrah for Skeletor The drawdown of the Royal Australian Navy S-70B-2 Seahawk fleet continues with Seahawk N24‑011 Skeletor completing its last operational flight on March 14 while embarked on HMAS Arunta in the Middle East. After logging around 6,200 flying hours across 28 years, the Navy took the opportunity to retire Skeletor, named for

Qantas fleshes out post-transformation focus on costs Qantas is aiming for cost savings of $400 million a year for the three years to 2019/20 as the Boeing 787-9 replaces older 747-400s and the use of new technology and innovation supports a more efficient operation both on the ground and in the air. The airline group

RAAF C-17 has landed at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq for the first time, with the heavylift aircraft landing there on April 23 during the official visit of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin to Australian service peronnel in Iraq. “We had not planned to use

The government gets back into the airports business So the federal government is to go ahead and build Western Sydney Airport, with the bulldozers beginning work at the Badgerys Creek site barely 12 months from now in the second half of next year. That feels quite soon, but of course Badgerys Creek was first selected