Australian landmarks bearing the name of German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt will now include one at 40,000 feet, after Qantas christened a Boeing 737-800 aircraft in his honour. Tributes to the the legendary explorer, whose first expedition, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, took place 170 years ago this year, already appear on some of the
United’s inaugural direct service from Los Angeles to Melbourne touched down at Tullamarine at 0757 on Tuesday, completing the world’s longest Boeing 787 route in 15 hours and 10 minutes. At 6,883nm (12,748km), the route eclipses Ethiopian Airlines’ Addis Ababa to Toronto service, which comes in at 6,217nm (11,514km). This content is available exclusively to
Jetstar has applied a special livery on one of its Airbus A320 aircraft to kick off a sponsorship deal with Little Athletics Australia. As part of the two-year naming rights partnership, decals featuring the image of two Little Athletics participants – Sean Phillips and Gemma Casaceli – have been applied on the fuselage of A320 VH-VFL along
Cairns has joined the list of ports to say goodbye to Qantas Boeing 767-300ER services. The last Qantas 767 flight from Cairns left the North Queensland tourist spot on Tuesday October 21 when QF925 operated by VH-OGI departed for Sydney at 1206 local time. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a
A Lockheed Super Constellation similar to those flown by Qantas Airways in the 1940s and 1950s will be making the long trek from Manila to outback Queensland after finding a new home at the Qantas Founders Museum. The museum acquired the Super Constellation, which had been grounded for the past 25 years, at a recent auction
Virgin Australia’s newest Airbus A330-200 has entered revenue service, joining the carrier’s five other Airbus widebodies flying between Perth and Australia’s east coast capitals. The first commercial flight of VH-XFJ took off from Melbourne as VA693 at 1837 local time on Tuesday October 7, landing in Perth three hours and 59 minutes later, according to