Australian Aviation

Virgin Australia’s new red is a bit glass half empty When Virgin Australia recently launched a PR blitz about its red wine designed to drink at altitude in partnership with South Australian winery St Hallett, revolving around a 2016 shiraz called The Duo, I was surprised. A shiraz less than a year old wouldn’t be

Roller-coaster ride for Pakistan International’s German CEO These poor old Gulf carriers. Castigated by their big American rivals for allegedly building their success on big subsidies, a claim the likes of Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways are getting a little weary of strongly denying, they’re also being constantly attacked by most of their

The Mirage goes to Butterworth   In October 1958 and February 1959, Nos 3 and 77 Squadrons ferried their Sabre fighters to Malaya to join No 2 Squadron’s Canberra bombers at RAAF Butterworth. For the short-range Sabres this was a demanding exercise as the pilots had to circumnavigate a hostile Indonesia. Once at Darwin the

News from across Australian aviation   Virgin Australia resumes long-haul ops from Melbourne Virgin Australia has reopened its long-haul base at Melbourne Tullamarine with the resumption of nonstop flights to Los Angeles. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome

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Australian industry readies to support the RAAF’s F-35s Australia’s new F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) start arriving in country late next year – and then we’ll have to start looking after them. This will be a lifetime commitment and the overall cost of sustainment will dwarf the F-35’s planned $17 billion acquisition budget