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Etihad Airways has signed up Australian actor Nicole Kidman for its new marketing effort. Kidman was unveiled as the face of the airline’s latest global television, print and digital advertising campaign in Abu Dhabi on March 14. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation has found Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) significantly under-reported occurrences of terrain warnings during flights operated by its fleet of ATR 72 turboprops. The ATSB discovered the under-reporting while looking into an incident on May 13 2013, when multiple terrain warnings were triggered on board VARA ATR 72 VH-FVR
Two Regional Express (Rex) pilots flying from Sydney to Newcastle began preparations to land on a coal facility after struggling to locate Williamtown Airport in dark conditions. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report on the November 8 2012 incident found the captain thought the buildings and lights of the Kooragang Island coal facility was
Qantas maintained its position as Australia’s largest international carrier in 2014, although the gap to foreign airlines such as Emirates and Qantas’s low-cost subsidiary Jetstar is narrowing. Figures from the Bureau of Transport, Infrastructure and Regional Economics (BITRE) show Qantas carried 15.4 per cent of the 33.1 million passengers that travelled into and out of Australia
Cathay Pacific will boost capacity between Hong Kong and Sydney from October 1 when it deploys a Boeing 777-300ER on a second of its four daily flights on the route. The Hong Kong-based carrier says the move to replace the Airbus A330-300 with the 777-300ER will increase the seat count by eight per cent. This content
While 2014 featured the tragic loss of life from the disappearance of MH370 and shooting down of MH17, in statistical terms the past year was one of the safest ever for commercial aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please
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