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News briefs from across aviation AIRLINES Qatar Airways will lift capacity on its Doha-Perth service by 44 per cent from May 1 when it upgauges its existing daily flight to the Airbus A380 from the Boeing 777-300ER currently serving the route. – This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

A new hope or a false dawn for the Airbus A380? Airbus bills its A380 as “the passengers’ favourite”. That’s the message on Airbus’s “I fly A380” marketing website devoted to the world’s largest passenger aircraft, which among other things features a wall of social media posts from scores of happy travellers. This content is

Boeing’s 787-10 and the 787 at 10 As Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner begins its second decade, the promises that this first composite airliner will fly farther, cheaper and with less fuel burn than previous generations have been clearly demonstrated. 630 aircraft are currently in service with 45 airlines on every continent, with Boeing citing 218 million

New hope or false dawn for the A380? Are we, finally, in the grips of a pilot shortage? Given that the federal government has just added pilots to its new skilled worker visa there’s some evidence that we are. I was surprised – although perhaps in this era of eternal outrage, I shouldn’t have been

The Australia and New Zealand Aviation Media Awards 2017, presented by the Australasian Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation Andrew McLaughlin, ADBR managing editor and Australian Aviation contributing editor, has won the aviation journalist of the year award for 2018 at the Australasian Aviation Press Club (AAPC) awards. Airline Ratings editor Steve Creedy was named

Keeping passengers informed in the interest of safety With the volcanic ash spewing into the atmosphere over Bali, travel plans have been thrown into chaos. Flight delays and cancellations have left passengers stranded on either side of the Timor Sea. However, despite the inconvenience, there seems to be a better understating of the situation by