Gerard Frawley

Qantas plans to offer 10 flights a week between Brisbane and Los Angeles from September 1 as its fleet of Boeing 787-9s joins the 747-400s currently operating the route. Under the new schedule, the 787-9 will replace the 747-400 on the daily QF15/16 Brisbane-Los Angeles service. The aircraft will then operate a Los Angeles-New York

HNA Group carrier and Virgin Australia alliance partner Tianjin Airlines has commenced services to a second Australian destination with the start of flights to Sydney. Flight GS7939, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-8959, landed at Sydney Airport just after 0700 local time on Tuesday, some 11 and a half hours after departing from Zhengzhou. The aircraft

When Qantas flight QF96 takes off from Los Angeles bound for Melbourne on Sunday night (local time) the fuel powering Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNA’s two GE Aviation GEnx-1B engines will include about 24,000kg of biofuel. The biofuel has been derived from a type of (non-food) mustard seed called carinata, and the flight is part of Qantas’s

Airbus says it will bring the largest variant of its A350 family to Australia and New Zealand as part of a 30,000nm demonstration tour across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East. The A350-1000, MSN065 F-WLXV, began its 12-city trip on January 26 (European time), with its first destination after departing from Toulouse the Qatari capital Doha.

Scientists from Boeing and Australia’s peak science research agency CSIRO will work together on space projects as part of a new partnership between the two long-time collaborators. The new initiative will feature joint research and development on space technologies with a focus on the developing needs of the Australian space market, Boeing said in a

Bombardier has received a boost with a surprise ruling in its favour from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) in its dispute with Boeing over its C Series aircraft. The C Series struck controversy in 2017, when Boeing complained to the US government Bombardier sold the aircraft to Delta Air Lines at unfairly low