As Qantas gears up for Project Sunrise and reaches further into Europe and the US with its existing fleet, Jake Nelson examines whether ultra-long-haul is the future of international air travel.
Key aircraft movements from around the region. Virgin snatches back Rex 737-800s, Bonza’s former 737 MAX 8s spotted in Poland, RAAF’s first MAX 8 business jet, and the Triton arrives at Tindal.
All the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This month, Qantas farewells more 717s and adds more A220s, Virgin gets its eighth MAX 8 and nabs three former Rex 737s, and one-in one-out for 767s.
Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news. This month, a neex-gen fighter jet at Farnborough, airshows in Australia, HARS begins restoration on an old ANA DC-2, and Tiger Moth Club of NZ’s 2024 fly-in.
Where did Tim’s big plan go wrong? Tim Jordan, the current – or should that be former? – CEO of Bonza is a very lovely man indeed. In the rough and tumble world of domestic aviation, his affableness knew no bounds. He would constantly make himself available for interviews at short notice and was always
Strap in for the adventure issue Amy Johnson was one of the world’s most pioneering female aviators. Born into a family of fish merchants, she undertook a series of adventures. But the most famous was flying from London to Darwin in a Gipsy Moth, becoming the first woman to make the trip solo in 1930.
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