A water cannon salute has marked the closure of QantasLink’s turboprop base at Perth Airport. QantasLink has withdrawn its Q400 turboprops from Perth as part of network and fleet changes announced in November 2014. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,
European regulators have signed off on an increase in maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) for operators of the BAe 146-100/200 regional jet on unpaved runways, following the results of a two-year trial. BAE Systems said the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has removed restrictions on MTOW that were previously in place for the aircraft when used
A Germanwings Airbus A320 carrying 144 passengers and six crew has crashed in a remote part of the French Alps. Flight tracking data showed flight 4U 9525 took off from Bacelona El Prat Airport bound for Dusseldorf at 0955 local time on Tuesday and had reached a cruising attitude of 38,000 feet before the aircraft entered a
Allowing the proposed alliance between Qantas and China Eastern would give the two carriers the ability to limit capacity and lift fares on the Sydney-Shanghai route, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,
Australia’s domestic airlines flew emptier aircraft in January despite cutting the number of available seats in the market. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) said on Tuesday there were 4.67 million passengers on domestic regular public transport (RPT) flights in January, down 3.6 per cent from the prior corresponding period. This content
Qantas has its fourth reconfigured Airbus A330 fitted with new business class seats in service, enabling the Flying Kangaroo to thicken its schedule to Asia with aircraft that feature its latest on-board product. The fourth aircraft, A330-300 VH-QPC, emerged from the Qantas maintenance facility in Brisbane on Sunday, when it went for a two hour