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Cathay Pacific has posted its first back-to-back full year loss since the airline was established in 1946 as intense competition hit the bottom line, including on its Australian routes where demand was weak. The airline reported a net loss of HK$1.259 billion (A$04 million) for the 12 months to December 31 2017, a deterioration from
Highly-respected aviation journalist Jon Ostrower has published a first image of a Boeing concept design for its proposed New Middle-Market Airplane (NMA). The image published on Ostrower’s blog shows a concept design that features a Boeing 767-style nose, 787-style wing and main cabin windows and a 737 MAX-style tail cone. This content is available exclusively
Today’s second ‘Throwback Thursday’ feature article from a past edition of Australian Aviation is this November 2010 issue analysis of Qantas’s fleet requirements. “Getting fleet strategy right is essential to airline success, and we have always been prepared to go straight to the aviation forefront,” Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said in a recent speech. This
Hawaiian Airlines has dropped plans to operate the Airbus A330-800neo and will instead take delivery of up to 20 Boeing 787-9s. The airline said on Tuesday (US time) it had signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for 10 787-9s, as well as purchase rights for a further 10 aircraft. The aircraft will be powered
Virgin Australia says that approval for Air Niugini and Qantas to expand their codeshare arrangements on Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) routes would jeopardise the viability of its own Brisbane to Port Moresby flights. The airline has told Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) it held strong concerns regarding the proposed continuation and expansion of Air
A new “repriced” contract with Qantas to operate regional services has squeezed profits for Cobham Aviation Services. The British-based aerospace and defence group announced in London last week that interim operating profit for the aviation services division for the 2017-18 financial year had fallen from £40.6 million to £22.8 million (A$40.6 million). This content is available
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