Qantas’s Tamworth maintenance facility has competed cabin upgrade works on the first of 45 regional aircraft to receive a refresh between now and the end of calendar 2019. The unveiling of the first aircraft, a de Havilland Dash 8 Q300 VH-SCE “Birdsville“, took place at Tamworth on Tuesday morning. This content is available exclusively to
Nine regional locations across Australia are in contention to host Qantas’s proposed new pilot training academy. Qantas announced the shortlist for its new flight school on Friday, which comprised three potential locations in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one in each in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. This content is
Hawaiian Airlines is well placed to be opportunistic in terms of network expansion in the period ahead given its strong presence in a number of international markets and as it takes delivery of new Airbus A321neos and Boeing 787-9s, chief executive Peter Ingram says. The Honolulu-headquartered carrier has worked to rebalance its domestic and international
There were two power plant-related incidents on turboprop aircraft in a five-year period between 2012 and 2016 that resulted in injuries, a report shows. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me
Cathay Pacific has become the second airline in the world and first in Asia-Pacific to take delivery of the Airbus A350-1000. The delivery flight of B-LXA took off from Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters with airline staff and media on board a little after 1440 on Tuesday (European time), landing at Hong Kong Airport about 12 hours
FedEx Express has placed an order for 24 new freighter aircraft from Boeing in the latest show of strength in the cargo sector. The global transport company has ordered 12 767 freighters and 12 777 freighters, it was announced on Tuesday (US time). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a