Australian Aviation

Virgin Australia is about to set out on its great Asian adventure. Flights from Melbourne to Hong Kong will launch in June, with Beijing to follow later. Can it really challenge the incumbents? Will the move revive its battered fortunes or spark a damaging price and capacity tussle with rivals? When Virgin Australia chief executive

Australian inflight internet Wi-Fi takes flight Sitting on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, the passenger in seat 5C realises she forgot to bring a copy of a proposal awaiting her sign-off to proceed. Unperturbed, the businesswoman taps out a short message to her colleague back in the office via WhatsApp and the document is

Work is well underway on the first phase of Auckland Airport’s upgrade program The significance of Auckland International Airport to New Zealand’s economy cannot be underestimated. Located 20km south of the city, the airport handles 75 per cent of all of New Zealand’s incoming international travellers. This translated to 9. 3 million passengers in 2016,

RAAF C-27J deliveries hit the halfway point The RAAF has received its fifth C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter at RAAF Base Richmond. The aircraft, A34-004, arrived at Richmond on March 30 following a two-week ferry flight from Waco, Texas via Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A34-004 is the aircraft which sustained minor damage in a

After 32 years, Air New Zealand retires the 767 After almost 32 years in service, Air New Zealand has operated its final Boeing 767 service. The final flight, operated on Friday March 31 by the last remaining 767‑300ER in the fleet, ZK-NCI, took off from Sydney as NZ108 at 19:28 and touched down in Auckland

The rising danger from drones The future of low level aircraft flypasts in Australia is in jeopardy after a drone came within an alleged 300ft of a Singapore Airlines A350 flying over Perth on April 5. Singapore Airlines, celebrating its 50th year of operating to Perth, launched an online photographic competition of its new A350