Gerard Frawley

The second member of the A330neo family has emerged from the paintshop for the first time at Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters, paving the way for test flights to begin by the middle of 2018. Airbus released pictures of the first A330-800neo, MSN1888, on Monday (European time), which show the aircraft painted in Airbus livery and the

Cathay Pacific plans to grow its presence in Australia with larger aircraft, including potentially the Airbus A350-1000, as it works within the available traffic rights for Hong Kong-based airlines. The oneworld alliance member operates the maximum allowable number of 70 flights a week for Hong Kong flag carriers to Australia’s four major gateways of Brisbane,

Boeing’s 747-8 final assembly line at its Everett facility looks set to keep churning out the iconic aircraft well into the 2020s thanks to a new order from United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 14 freighters amid “unprecedented demand” in its air freight business. UPS said on Thursday (US time) said the order was

Airbus’s first long range A321LR narrowbody has completed its maiden flight, bringing the aircraft a step closer to perhaps being seen in Australia. The first flight of the A321LR, MSN7877, powered by two CFM Leap-1A engines, took place from Airbus’s Hamburg facility, with the six-person flightcrew testing the aircraft’s flight controls, engines and main systems

The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane that fatally crashed on New Year’s Eve was not on the operator’s standard flightpath before it impacted Jerusalem Bay just outside Sydney, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says. The findings are in the transport safety investigator’s preliminary report into the accident, which resulted in the death of

Ansett Aviation Training plans to offer pilot training at a new facility at Brisbane Airport featuring an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator. On January 28 2018, the Queensland government said Ansett Aviation Training had chosen Brisbane Airport as the base for its new training centre which will have three flight simulators. In addition to the