Category: Airlines

QZ8501 flight recorders located on Java Sea floor, reports say
Airlines

Indonesian officials have located the fuselage and flight recorders of crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, according to media reports. News agency Agence France-Presse quoted an Indonesian transport ministry spokesperson saying: “The navy divers in Jadayat state boat have succeeded in finding a very important instrument, the black box of AirAsia QZ8501”. This content is available

Rex says Skytrans administrator standing in the way of Cape York flights
Airlines

Regional Express (Rex) says administrators are standing in the way of it starting stopgap flights to communities in Cape York affected by the sudden shut down of North Queensland-based Skytrans. Rex said on Friday it had sought to use a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) mechanism to start stopgap flights with the emergency “charter substitution arrangement” within a

Two more retired Qantas Boeing 767s enter storage
Airlines

Two more retired Qantas Boeing 767-300ERs have headed to Alice Springs to be placed into storage. Without the flying kangaroo on the tail and any Qantas markings on the fuselage, VH-OGU departed Brisbane Airport in the early hours of Friday morning and landed at Alice Springs airport a little over two and a half hours later.

QZ8501 search focuses on black box recovery after tail located
Airlines

AirAsia Indonesia says search and rescue operations for the recovery of flight QZ8501 are currently focusing on the the crashed aircraft’s tail and flight data recorder. The airline said search and rescue (SAR) operations led by Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) had located the tail of the aircraft on Wednesday. This content is

Virgin, Delta seek 10-year renewal of trans-Pacific alliance
Airlines

Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines have sought a 10-year extension of their joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes, arguing the partnership has added competition and lowered ticket prices for Australia-US travel. In a joint-submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the two carriers say the alliance is needed to combat the two largest

Advertising executive Todd Sampson to join Qantas board
Airlines

Qantas has appointed television personality and advertising executive Todd Sampson to the board. Sampson takes up his seat as a non-executive director on February 25 2015, Qantas said in a statement on Friday. 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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