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Jetstar adds more Singapore-Hong Kong services
/Jetstar Asia will add more Singapore-Hong Kong services from May 14 as part of its growing operations. The airline will operate two additional services with 180-seat A320 on Friday and Saturday, aimed at weekend leisure as well as business travellers. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the
Read moreBrindabella closes flying school
Brindabella Airlines has announced that it will close its Brindabella Flight Training business, a moev which will leave Canberra without a flying school. “In recent years the business has become less and less commercially viable at Canberra Airport and there is no alternative airfield in Canberra to which we can move,” Brindabella Airlines CEO Jeff
Read moreTraffic
/Qantas Group News This Issue We Report the Delivery of Two A380s to Qantas, Four Dash 8-q400s to Qantaslink, and the Departures of a Qantas 747-400 and a Jetstar A320. Qantas Took Delivery of A380-842 Vh-oqe Lawrence Hargrave in Sydney on December 21 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse via Singapore and Melbourne as
Read moreAmberley F414 engine cell tested
/A General Electric F414-GE-400 engine for the RAAF’s Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets was tested in a new engine test cell at RAAF Amberley for the first time on March 8. The ‘un-installed engine test cell’ is managed by Tasman Aviation Enterprises.
Read moreEmirates warns Airbus on A350 delays
Emirates president Tim Clark has sounded a warning to Airbus, threatening to order other aircraft if it delays the entry into service date for the A350 as happened with the A380. “We have clearly told Airbus that we will not accept again what they did to us with the A380,” said Clark at the ITB
Read moreAir Berlin trims 787 order
German leisure carrier Air Berlin says that it has cut its order for Boeing 787s from 25 to 15 and halved the number of options to five. “With a partnership spirit we have mutually agreed with Boeing to adjust the Air Berlin order book to meet Air Berlin’s operational requirements and the market conditions,” said
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