Australian Aviation

Challenging times, but many new aircraft offerings Although they are going through challenging times at the moment, the world’s business aircraft manufacturers had plenty of program news at the annual NBAA convention. This year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention was held at Atlanta, Georgia, in October, with the over 1000 companies displaying their wares

Hainan Airlines will begin thrice weekly Airbus A330 flights from Shenzen and Hangzhou to Sydney from January 19 next year. “I welcome Hainan Airlines to Sydney Airport,” Sydney Airport CEO Russell Balding said. “It is a fast growing airline with an extensive domestic network across China.  This is great news for Sydney and demonstrates again

The November 4 uncontained failure of the number 2 Rolls- Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas A380 just six minutes after it took off from Singapore led the airline to immediately ground its six strong A380 fleet. Part of the engine disintegrated over the Indonesian island of Batam, about 25km south of Singapore, at

Then in early November the 747-8I achieved ‘power on’ for the first time, allowing engineers to begin functional tests on the aircraft. According to Boeing, power on is a series of tasks that methodically energise and activate the aircraft’s systems, with electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems brought on line. (Boeing) Commercial This content is available

Singapore Airlines has announced it is increasing its fuel surcharge by between US$3 and US$25 per sector across its network, its first fuel surcharge increase since June 2008. The airline says the surcharge, made necessary by jet fuel prices of over US$95 per barrel, “will offer only partial relief from the higher operating costs arising

Emirates has confirmed it will resume its recently suspended third daily Dubai-Sydney service in 2011, with services to resume from October 2 operated by Boeing 777-300ERs. Emirates suspended its third daily service, with was operated by Boeing 777-200LRs, last month as part of a reorganisation and reprioritisation of its aircraft and resources. This content is