Category: Airlines

Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 787-9 has made its maiden flight from Boeing’s Everett factory near Seattle. The first test flight – known as B1 and conducted by Boeing test pilots – took off from Everett at 1.45pm local on May 28 and landed three hours and 10 minutes later after reaching an altitude of

The Australian arm of New Zealand-based regional airline Vincent Aviation has entered receivership, with all flights cancelled with immediate effect and the futures of the airline’s 80 staff thrown into question. “On Wednesday 28 May 2014, Andrew Fielding and Gerald Collins of BDO Business Recovery & Insolvency (Qld) Pty Ltd were appointed receivers and managers

A re-analysis of raw data from satellite communications provider Inmarsat has confirmed the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel. The analysis of 45 pages of raw data which details ‘handshake’ communications logs between the aircraft and the Inmarsat satellite which is in geosynchronous orbit

Qantas says it will close its call centres in Brisbane and Melbourne in a bid to cut costs, with up to 450 people set to lose their jobs. The airline says it will consolidate its call centre operations in Hobart and offer all affected employees the option of relocating to the Tasmanian capital. This content