Virgin Australia and Jetstar cancelled all flights into and out of Bali on Friday and have a number of services for Saturday under review due to the ash cloud from the Mount Raung volcano. Passengers booked to travel on both airlines have been asked to check the status of their flight online for the latest
Qantas has updated its training manuals for visual approaches after an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found a pilot flew an Airbus A330-200 carrying 211 passengers and 11 crew too low on approach to Melbourne Airport. The March 8 2013 incident involved Qantas A330-200 VH-EBV flying from Sydney to Melbourne and on descent into Tullamarine
Qantas and American Airlines can begin selling tickets for their proposed new trans-Pacific flights after their expanded alliance received provisional approval from Australia’s competition watchdog. 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
Brisbane Airport will welcome a new airline in 2016 when Air Canada launches direct services between Vancouver and the Queensland capital. Air Canada on Wednesday (North American time) announced it would serve Brisbane three times a week with Boeing 787-8s from June 17. It will be the only direct flight between Brisbane and Canada. This content
Airbus has released an image of Cathay Pacific’s first Airbus A350-900 taking shape at the manufacturer’s final assembly line at Tolouse, France. The image shows the wings, the horizontal and vertical tailplane as well as tail cone have been joined to the fuselage, with the aircraft sporting serial number MSN 29. This content is available
Vietnam Airlines has showed off its first Boeing 787-9 with a spectacular flight over Washington DC ahead the aircraft’s entry into service and signalled its interest in taking more Boeing aircraft by signing a “memorandum of collaboration”. Although the airline was scheduled to formally take delivery of the first of 19 Dreamliners on order later