Australian Aviation

With divers raising the flight data recorder from the Boeing 737 MAX on Thursday, premature conclusions are already being drawn about the cause of the crash of flight JT610 into the Java Sea shortly after departure from Jakarta this Monday.

Embraer 40 Years in Australia A little more than 40 years ago, an on-the-spot decision by a father and son at an airshow 10,000 miles from home proved crucial to the development of Australia’s ongoing relationship with one of the world’s most progressive aircraft manufacturers. It is a relationship that has embraced multiple incarnations of

Showing the way USQ’s aviation experience days The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has promoted the opportunities offered by a career in aviation to high school students with a two-day camp on July 12-13 for 24 Years 11 and 12 students. The experience days allowed students to get a taste of a booming aviation industry.

MAXing out the 737 Service and passenger experience on Virgin Australia’s 737 MAX 10 When Virgin Australia takes its newly-announced stretched Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft, that could mean 20-26 more seats than the MAX 8 that will replace its 737-800 NG aircraft – or Virgin could elect to create a premiumheavy version that it

Qantas, Virgin plan their future fleets I flew with Virgin Australia to Adelaide the other day other day. For me this otherwise unremarkable flight was interesting because it came just days after Virgin Australia announced it was buying the 737 MAX 10. On my 737-800 flight to Adelaide I was seated in row 29 –

A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed into the sea off the coast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta shortly after takeoff with 181 passengers, five cabin crew and two pilots on board.