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News briefs from across aviation QANTAS GROUP NEWS Operated by 787-10 9V-SCA, SQ223 touched down at Perth a little after 1430 local time, at the end of its five-hour journey from Singapore. The 787-10 is now being used on one of SIA’s four daily flights between Perth and Singapore. dylan thomas Qantas says it expected

Diversity the key for a leaner CHC Karl Fessenden is big on both consistency and agility. Consistency in providing a service with the same quality in Caracas as his company delivers in Karratha, and agility in responding to challenges as diverse as a one-off emergency medical retrieval to the day-by-day servicing of the oil and

The public backlash against Korean Air Comic opera comes to mind. Or perhaps farce would be a better description. Some Koreans – more than 85,000 of them – last month signed a petition demanding the government order Korean Air (KAL) to stop calling itself Korean Air. Admittedly 85,000 is but a small proportion of the

Australia’s helicopter industry is proving resilient in tough times You could be excused for believing Peter Crook has been there, done that, and seen that. A flyer since 1963, Vietnam veteran, helicopter and fixed wing business owner, helicopter chief pilot, former Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Bell, and more recently boss of his

The US Navy has announced the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton has entered service, with a detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 in a newly refurbished hangar facility at NAS Point Mugu in California. The May 31 announcement signifies an early operational capability (EOC) for the Triton, a marinised version of the RQ-4B Global Hawk. The

Fiji Airways will be the first airline to join the oneworld marketing alliance under a new “oneworld connect” category. The airline’s entry into oneworld is being sponsored by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas, with the latter also mentoring Fiji Airways’ integration into the alliance. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation