Australian Aviation

Qantas is sponsoring Malaysia Airlines’s (MAS) recently announced intention to join international travel alliance oneworld. “With the world airline industry increasingly focused on alliances, we have carried out careful analysis of the options now available to Malaysia Airlines,” MAS CEO Azmil Zahruddin said in a statement. “The time is clearly right for our company to

The venerable Boeing 767 first took to the skies thirty years ago and has continued to fill roles ranging in nature from domestic workhorse to international ETOPS pioneer. In that time, aviation technology has developed at an incredible pace and as the era of ADS-B dawns there is time for the 767 to learn just

Tiger Airways has announced a sponsorship deal with the Wests Tigers NRL team for the duration of the 2011 season, becoming the official airline partner and home match sponsor for tonight’s clash with Newcastle at Sydney’s Leichardt Oval. “There are obvious Tiger ‘challenger brand’ synergies, but the association also makes sense given the number of

Air New Zealand subsidiary Altitude Aerospace Interiors (AAI) has gained its second major VIP aircraft completion contract, which will see the company fit out a Boeing Business Jet 737 (BBJ) VIP aircraft. The BBJ is expected to arrive at Altitude’s facilities early in 2012, after the unnamed subcontinent based client takes delivery of the aircraft

Hawker Beechcraft has announced that the final preproduction Hawker 200 has successfully completed its first flight. “The aircraft performed exceptionally well during its two hour, three minute flight. Development testing is more than 50 per cent complete and the aircraft is meeting or exceeding all performance targets,” HBC executive vice president Shawn Vick said in

Virgin Australia says goodbye Blue Almost 12 months to the day after taking the reigns as CEO, a beaming John Borghetti proudly unveiled his rebranded airline, Virgin Australia – Virgin Blue reborn. The first two aircraft painted in the airline’s new livery, Boeing 737-800 VH-VFC (named ‘Bondi Beach’) and Airbus A330-200 VH-XFB (‘Cable Beach’), touching