Australian Aviation

Qantas Group news This issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas and the departures of two 767-300ERs. Qantas took delivery of 737‑838 VH-XZO Leichardt in Brisbane on October 8 after the aircraft ferried in from Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as QF6024. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Long Live The Queen They call her the Queen of the Skies. Even the most ardent aviation republican – people who look into the face of progress and see a big twinjet like the Boeing 777-300ER, or a mid-size composite airframe like the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 – would admit that the Boeing 747

Queensland Police Helicopter Support Unit is airborne Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding was fatally shot in the line of duty on the Gold Coast while responding to a report of an armed robbery in May 2011. That tragedy sparked a community outcry that was impetus for the Gold Coast City Council to push for funding

New upgrades for the RAAF’s Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainers Last in the line of British-made military aircraft, and from the stable that produced the iconic Hurricane and Hunter no less, BAE Systems’ Hawk has found broad and enduring success since its first flight in 1974. Entering Australian service in 2001, the Hawk 127 fleet

Over 50 years the jet has had a profound effect on Australia’s domestic airlines In 1965 when domestic pure jet service in Australia was a few months old, a year’s salary would have purchased nine return flights across the country – today that number is almost 200! Such is the dramatic advance in efficiency jet

Australia’s domestic carriers flew fuller aircraft in September as capacity cuts helped boost load factors, latest figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) said capacity, as measured by available seat kilometres, on regular public transport (RPT) services fell 0.8 per cent in September, compared with the prior corresponding period. This content